Genesis

Genesis

Artist: William Muir, Maine (1902–1964)
Nutting Hall, Grove Street Extension, lobby

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  • Abstract sculpture, probably of American elm.
  • Piece suggestive of plant or tree form in complex motion.
  • Modernist sculptor as well as landscape painter whose work has been included in shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Gift, 1968 by artist’s wife Emily Muir (an artist herself), to UMaine Museum of Art; part of museum’s Campus Collection.