The artist at work on Monstrance for a Grey Horse

The artist at work on Monstrance for a Grey Horse

Nuclear Science and Fine Art

Black and white photograph showing sculptor James Acord working on Monstrance for a Grey Horse in his workshop. The artist is bent over a large block of granite, using carving tools to shape what would become the horse skull sculpture. The granite block appears to be in an intermediate stage of carving, with the rough form of the horse skull beginning to emerge from the raw stone. The photograph captures the intensive, physical nature of stone carving, documenting the artist's process during the ten-year creation of this significant sculptural work that would later be installed at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

Acord, James

Hanford History Project at Washington State University Tri-Cities

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