<I>Max Bond Architect</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2009
name: label: Created by
content: Melvin Edwards, American, born 1937
label: Subject of
content: J. Max Bond Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
notes: label: Caption
content: During his career, Melvin Edwards created over 200 steel sculptures using found objects for his tripartite Lynch Fragments series. Each section of the series coincides with significant periods of his life. The first segment (1963–67) explores the history of violence in America. The second section (1973–74) engages issues related to the Vietnam War. The final segment (1978–present) explores and honors individual people as well as the history of African American culture.
label: Caption
content: Max Bond Architect was created in honor of one of the most accomplished and influential African American architects in the United States. Prior to his death in 2009, Max Bond’s firm was one of the architectural firms selected to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
label: Description
content: A small-scale, welded metal wall relief scultpure composed of a variety of metal objects. The conglomeration of welded objects, including scissors, chains, bolts, and a railroad splice, appear to spill out of a cylindrical polygon.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Abstraction
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Men
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Lynch Fragments
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.114
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 2018 Melvin Edwards / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel
label: Dimensions
content: 13 1/4 × 9 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (33.7 × 23.2 × 19.7 cm)