Melvin Edwards: Five Decades: Nasher Sculpture Center

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Ace (1963)
Welded steel
8.5h x 5.5w x 5d in (21.6h x 14w x 12.7d cm)

Ame Eghan (1975)
Welded steel
12.5h x 19.5w x 19.5d in (31.8h x 49.5w x 49.5d cm)

Untitled (Prototype Small Rocker) (c. 1970)
Welded steel
7h x 10.5w x 10d in (17.8h x 26.7w x 25.4d cm)

Untitled barbed wire study (1970)
Graphite on paper
18.13h x 24.13w in (46.1h x 61.3w cm)

Steel Life (1985-1991)
Welded steel
12.5h x 18w x 17.75d in (31.8h x 45.7w x 45.1d cm)

Dakar (2004)
Welded steel
27h x 17w x 7.4d in (68.6h x 43.2w x 18.8d cm)

Untitled (Prototype Square Sculpture) (1969-72)
Welded steel
8h x 15.5w x 16d in (20.3h x 39.4w x 40.6d cm)

Curtain for William and Peter (1969)
Barbed wire and chain
138.5h x 220w in (351.8h x 558.8w cm)

Pyramid Up and Down (1969)
Barbed Wire

Plainfield No.1 (1976)
Steel
11h x 27.5w x 17.5d in (27.9h x 69.9w x 44.5d cm)

Bara Niasse Tugge (2008)
Welded steel
14.5h x 6.5w x 6.8d in (36.8h x 16.5w x 17.3d cm)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Study for barbed wire piece (1970)
Ink on paper
18.13h x 24.13w in (46.1h x 61.3w cm)

Untitled (Spray paint drawing) (1974)
Spray paint on newsprint (5 parts)
22.5h x 29.13w in (57.2h x 74w cm)

Wayou Mbau (Song of Mbau) (c. 2006)
Welded steel
19.75h x 19.75w x 7d in (50.2h x 50.2w x 17.8d cm)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Untitled (Prototype III Three Small Sculptures) (1965-66)
Welded steel
5.5h x 6w x 6.75d in (14h x 15.2w x 17.1d cm)

Untitled (Spray paint drawing) (1974)
Spray paint on newsprint (5 parts)
22.5h x 29.13w in (57.2h x 74w cm)

Untitled (Spray paint drawing) (1974)
Spray paint on newsprint (5 parts)
22.5h x 29.13w in (57.2h x 74w cm)

Maquette for Confirmation (1989)
Stainless Steel
13h x 20.9w x 9.4d in (33h x 53.1w x 23.9d cm)

Untitled (Prototype Triple Circle) (c. 1968-69)
Painted welded steel
10h x 14.5w x 10d in (25.4h x 36.8w x 25.4d cm)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Mamba (1965)
Welded steel
10.5h x 9w x 9.8d in (26.7h x 22.9w x 24.9d cm)

Double Chain (1966)
Welded steel
16.5h x 16.5w x 11d in (41.9h x 41.9w x 27.9d cm)

Untitled (Prototype Lock) (1969-72)
Painted welded steel
3h x 30.25w x 5d in (7.6h x 76.8w x 12.7d cm)

"Look through minds mirror distance and measure time" – Jayne Cortez (1970)
Barbed Wire

Upright (1974)
Welded steel and barbed wire
20.8h x 13.1w x 7.5d in (52.8h x 33.3w x 19.1d cm)

Avenue B (1975)
Welded steel
23.75h x 30.5w x 18.25d in (60.3h x 77.5w x 46.4d cm)

To Listen (1990)
Stainless Steel
89.5h x 15.5w x 37d in (227.3h x 39.4w x 94d cm)

Cayuga (c. 1969-70)
Welded steel
5.75h x 16.25w x 2d in (14.6h x 41.3w x 5.1d cm)

Mojo for 1404 (1964)
Welded steel
10h x 6.5w x 4.5d in (25.4h x 16.5w x 11.4d cm)

Koyo (1973)
Welded steel
11.5h x 7w x 12d in (29.2h x 17.8w x 30.5d cm)

Conversations with My Father (1974)
Painted welded steel
47.5h x 53w x 57d in (120.7h x 134.6w x 144.8d cm)

August the Squared Fire (1965)
Welded steel
44h x 30w x 40d in (111.8h x 76.2w x 101.6d cm)

The Lifted X (1965)
Welded steel
65h x 45w x 22d in (165.1h x 114.3w x 55.9d cm)

Untitled (Prototype I from Three Small Sculptures) (1965-66)
Welded steel
7h x 7.5w x 6.75d in (17.8h x 19.1w x 17.1d cm)

Untitled (Spray paint drawing) (1974)
Spray paint on newsprint (5 parts)
22.5h x 29.13w in (57.2h x 74w cm)

Ways of Steel (1988)
Welded steel
17h x 32.3w x 14.6d in (43.2h x 82w x 37.1d cm)

Beyond Rufisque (c. 2004)
Welded steel
12h x 7.25w x 5.75d in (30.5h x 18.4w x 14.6d cm)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Chaino (1963)
Welded steel and chains
62 x 102 x 26 in (157.48h x 259.08w x 66.04d cm)

The Fourth Circle (1966)
Painted steel
48h x 72w x 60d in (121.9h x 182.9w x 152.4d cm)

Untitled (Prototype Cuff) (1969)
Welded steel
10.25h x 23w x 2.5d in (26h x 58.4w x 6.4d cm)

To Wifredo Lam (1982)
Welded steel
24.9h x 31.5w x 19.3d in (63.2h x 80w x 49d cm)

Benefane (2004)
Welded steel
18.5h x 17.5w x 7.75d in (47h x 44.5w x 19.7d cm)

Beyond Cabo Verde (2006)
Welded steel
19.75h x 19.75w x 6.75d in (50.2h x 50.2w x 17.1d cm)

Maquette for Pyramid Up/Pyramid Down (1969)
Wood and barbed wire
13.3h x 15.5w x 15.5d in (33.8h x 39.4w x 39.4d cm)

Some Bright Morning (1963)
Welded steel
14.5h x 9.3w x 5d in (36.8h x 23.6w x 12.7d cm)

Study for Pyramid Up and Down Pyramid (1969-1970)
Ink on paper
19.13h x 24w in (48.6h x 61w cm)

Untitled Barbed Wire Study II (1970)
Graphite on paper
18.13h x 24.13w in (46.1h x 61.3w cm)

Untitled (Spray paint drawing) (1974)
Spray paint on newsprint (5 parts)
22.5h x 29.13w in (57.2h x 74w cm)

Gulley Hammer (1980)
Welded steel
9.8h x 7w x 8d in (24.9h x 17.8w x 20.3d cm)

Max Bond Architect (2009)
Welded steel
13h x 10w x 9d in (33h x 25.4w x 22.9d cm)

Djeri Djeff (c. 2004)
Welded steel
11.25h x 7.25w x 5.75d in (28.6h x 18.4w x 14.6d cm)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Cotton Hangup (1966)
Welded steel
26h x 30w x 20d in (66h x 76.2w x 50.8d cm)

Untitled (Prototype II Three Small Sculptures) (1965-66)
Welded steel
6.75h x 7.5w x 7.5d in (17.1h x 19.1w x 19.1d cm)

Spring (1973)
Welded steel
11h x 6w x 8d in (27.9h x 15.2w x 20.3d cm)

Begin Again (1979)
Welded steel
10h x 8.3w x 4.5d in (25.4h x 21.1w x 11.4d cm)

Iraq (2003)
Welded steel
13h x 7w x 7d in (33h x 17.8w x 17.8d cm)

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Afro Phoenix No. 1 (1963)
Welded steel
12.5h x 9.5w x 4d in (31.8h x 24.1w x 10.2d cm)

Ventana a Isla Negra (1973)
Welded steel and barbed wire
44.4h x 48w x 20d in (112.8h x 121.9w x 50.8d cm)

Study for Homage to Coco (1970)
Watercolor On Paper
18.13h x 24.13w in (46.1h x 61.3w cm)

Nam (1973)
Welded steel
15h x 15w x 7.5d in (38.1h x 38.1w x 19.1d cm)

Words of Fanon (1992)
Welded steel
22h x 14w x 7.5d in (55.9h x 35.6w x 19.1d cm)

Loving Spiral (2005)
Welded steel
11.8h x 8w x 11d in (30h x 20.3w x 27.9d cm)

Studies for The Lifted X (c. 1965)
Ink and graphite on paper
6h x 4w in (15.2h x 10.2w cm)

Corner for Ana (1970)
Barbed Wire
Dimensions variable

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades, Installation View, Nasher Sculpture Center (2015)

Homage to the Music and the Musicians (1966)
Painted, welded steel
35.5h x 42w x 30d in (90.2h x 106.7w x 76.2d cm)