Scott Burton
American artist and writer (1939-1989) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 50
Walter Scott Burton III was an American artist and writer who primarily worked in sculpture and performance art. He was best known for his large-scale furniture sculptures in materials like granite and bronze, often made as public art.
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Burton in 1957, photographed during his senior year for the Western High School yearbook
Henri Rousseau's painting The Dream (1910), the visual inspiration for Burton's Furniture Landscape, his first work to involve furniture
Invitation postcard for Burton's solo exhibition at Artists Space in 1975, on view concurrently with a show by Pamela Jenrette
Front cover of the exhibition pamphlet for Burton's Pair Behavior Tableaux at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1976
Burton in 1977, photographed while lecturing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The finalized concrete version of Burton's Public Table, installed at Princeton University
One of Burton's chairs made from boulders and rock slabs, at the Baltimore Museum of ArtAbout this person
Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 1989 · aged 50
