Norman Scott "Butch" Quinn Mixed Media Folk Sculpture

Item Details

Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn (Pennsylvania, 1939-2006)
Untitled, late 20th century
Painted wood, bottle caps, metal springs, and other found objects
Signed to the underside

A mixed media folk art sculpture by self-taught American artist Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn (Pennsylvania, 1939-2006), created in the late 20th century. This work exhibits the artist’s typical style and creative method featuring a conjunction of found objects including metal, painted wood, springs, bottle caps, and other materials assembled to create a figural structure. The work is signed twice, once to the underside of the wood panel above the spring, and once to the underside of the base.

Provenance
From the collection of P.J. McArdle.

Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn began making art at the age of 35. He started making collages and paintings with found objects, paints, markers and other mixed medias exemplary of outsider and folk art. Quinn is entirely untrained and his works combine elements of fantasy, religion and common life. Today, his works can be found in the collection of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., the Clarion University of Pennsylvania Museum and the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

Condition

- debris, dirt, and residue throughout; would benefit from cleaning; sculpture is slightly wobbly.

Dimensions

Item #

19DCC100-634