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Wooden sculpture (bust w/scarf) in SAM Ebsworth Gallery?

Does anyone remember or have any information about a wooden sculpture that used to be in the Ebsworth Gallery at the SAM? If I recall correctly it was a bust of a woman in a scarf, located near the corner northwest of Do-Ho Suh's dogtag armor sculpture, "Some/One."

It was still there as recently as when I went to see the Picasso exhibit last year. It stood out for the way the artist used the wood's grain to convey the diaphanous translucent quality of a silk scarf covering a woman's head. I was looking forward to showing it to an out-of-town guest today but a docent would only say it was "long gone." Any information about the work or the artist would be much appreciated. Thank you!

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    I'm pretty sure that this is NOT the one you're thinking of, but it's one of the more stunning recent acquisitions at SAM.

    http://www.gregkucera.com/_images/webb/webb_shroud-Left_web.jpg

    This is a piece by Dan Webb, a local artist. I last saw it during the Picasso show in the same room as Some/One, I think, but I haven't been to the museum in a while.

    The other piece is I think the one you're referring to -- a darker stained sculpture of a woman staring straight ahead. She had an intense look on her face, and veil that draped simply over her head down to her shoulders. Sadly, I can't remember the name of the piece, but I want to say that the last time I saw it, it was in the room on the second floor that has the blue sky/clouds Georgia O'Keefe painting and the modern firescreen.

    The piece is definitely still in the museum's collection -- they move things around all the time. Only a fraction of the collection is on display at any given time. If you want to track down the piece seriously, get in touch with the SAM library. They're mostly open only during the week, but they will have books with pictures/descriptions of all of the works in the collection.

    http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/Learn/Library/default.asp

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