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Word: mooreish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1967-1967
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...Buick Dyna-flow bumper. Convinced that there was still more "beauty to be extracted from it," he bought it for $1 -much to the amazement of the garage owner, since the Seleys' car was a Chevvy. Seley, who at the time was casting Henry Mooreish semi-abstracts in plaster and terra cotta, began using bumpers as armatures, covering them with plaster, then casting the result in bronze or aluminum. By 1959, he had decided it was "a sacrilege to cover the beautiful bumper form," began working with the armature alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: Constructions in Chrome | 3/10/1967 | See Source »

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