Painted metal collage. 280x354 mm; 11x14 inches. Signed in ink, lower right recto.
Provenance: Gamps Gallery, San Francisco; private collection, Chicago.
Schuler (1924-2012) was born in San Francisco and graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts. He began his esteemed teaching career in 1947 at Humboldt State University and later became a Professor Emeritus. Schuler is best remembered for his large abstract sculptures using old growth redwood carved into abstract forms clad in copper and fastened with bronze nails. His work is in numerous major public institutions including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the Palm Springs Art Museum; and the Storm King Art Center, Orange County, New York.
