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Museums page for Deborah Kay Butterfield ((Born 1949)), known for Abstract mixed-media horse sculpture. Showing 16 museum collections and exhibitions.
Deborah Kay Butterfield MUSEUMS
Born 1949 San Diego, California. Known for: Abstract mixed-media horse sculpture.
Born in San Diego, California, on the day of the 75th running of the Kentucky Derby, Deborah Butterfield credits this event as determining her career as a modernist sculptor of horses. Her work is a... Read full biography
Born in San Diego, California, on the day of the 75th running of the Kentucky Derby, Deborah Butterfield credits this event as determining her career as a modernist sculptor of horses. Her work is a combination of abstraction and reality. She uses found objects*, related to both horses and the... Read full biography
Born in San Diego, California, on the day of the 75th running of the Kentucky Derby, Deborah Butterfield credits this event as determining her career as a modernist sculptor of horses. Her work is a combination of abstraction and reality. She uses found objects*, related to both horses and the discards of modern society, and applies these symbolic objects to armaments that are realistic shapes of horses' bodies. The overall effect is of a large, strong, loveable animal, gentle and calm, and it... Read full biography
Born in San Diego, California, on the day of the 75th running of the Kentucky Derby, Deborah Butterfield credits this event as determining her career as a modernist sculptor of horses. Her work is a combination of abstraction and reality. She uses found objects*, related to both horses and the discards of modern society, and applies these symbolic objects to armaments that are realistic shapes of horses' bodies. The overall effect is of a large, strong, loveable animal, gentle and calm, and it is obvious from the gentle personality conveyed by the objects that she has a strong affinity and understanding of her subjects. Butterfield received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of California at Davis where she was a student of... Read full biography
Born in San Diego, California, on the day of the 75th running of the Kentucky Derby, Deborah Butterfield credits this event as determining her career as a modernist sculptor of horses. Her work is a combination of abstraction and reality. She uses found objects*, related to both horses and the discards of modern society, and applies these symbolic objects to armaments that are realistic shapes of horses' bodies. The overall effect is of a large, strong, loveable animal, gentle and calm, and it is obvious from the gentle personality conveyed by the objects that she has a strong affinity and understanding of her subjects. Butterfield received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of California at Davis where she was a student of modernists William T Wiley, Robert Arneson, and Wayne Thiebaud. Her training in ceramics and sculpture inc... Read full biography
Deborah Kay Butterfield - Artist Info
About Deborah Kay Butterfield: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (16)
All MuseumsC.M. Russell Museum
400 13th Street North
Great Falls, MT 59401Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45202Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Mennello Museum Of American Art
900 East Princeton Street
Orlando, FL 32803The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873Yellowstone Art Museum
401 North 27th Street
Billings, MT 59101