Skip to main content
Altered Heart
Altered Heart
Altered Heart

Altered Heart

Artist (American, born 1938)
Date1990
Mediummixed media
Dimensions23 7/8 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (60.6 x 24.1 x 14 cm)
ClassificationsAssemblage
Credit LineGift of Jonathan Abrams and Fay Pfaelzer Abrams, 2009
Object number2009.40.1
DescriptionMixed media mounted on white board inside plexi box. Central subject is a large red heart surrounded with three dimensional red hearts and two hearts dangling from the central heart. Above the central red heart is a clear plastic male, nude figure showing heart, lungs, and kidney/bladder system. Positioned in the center of the work is a large red heart. Within the large red heart is a white rectangle with a pair of red lips. Centered below the box-like structure holding this heart are two dangling red hearts. These frame a cross section of an anatomical heart showing four chambers. Completing the piece at the bottom of the composition is the exterior of an anatomical heart.
On View
Not on view
1492
Rudy M. Fernandez Jr.
1991
Let Me Explain
Betty Hahn
1998
Ann McCoy, Barque With Condor, 1984, cast bronze, 9 1/2 x 14 x 4 1/2 in. Collection of the New …
Ann McCoy
1984
Sea Vegetation Composite/03-14
Carol Panaro-Smith
2003
Untitled
Patrocinio Barela
circa 1940
Rebecca Salsbury (Strand) James, Agnus Dei, colcha embroidery, 7 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. Collection of…
Rebecca Salsbury (Strand) James
1950
Rebecca Salsbury James, Divine Lamb and Taos Blue Sky, n.d., reverse painting on glass, 15 5/8 …
Rebecca Salsbury (Strand) James
n.d.
Los Dos Corazones
Delilah Montoya
2007
Godiva Heart
Chuck Ramirez
2002
Familiar Moments 3
Barbara Diener
2008
Still Now (Shadows)
Van Deren Coke
1982