Martin Puryear; Verge; 1987; painted wood; 171.1 x 213.4 x 117.5 cm; The Museum of Modern Art

Martin Puryear; Horsefly; 1996-2000; wire mesh, tar, glass, and wood; 246.4 x 200.7 x 241.3 cm; The Museum of Modern Art

Martin Puryear; Greed’s Trophy; 1984; steel rod and wire, wood, rattan, and leather; 388.6 x 50.8 x 139.7 cm; The Museum of Modern Art

Martin Puryear; Seer; 1984; water-based paint on wood and wire; 198.1 x 129.5 x 114.3 cm; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Martin Puryear; Blue Blood; 1979; polychromed pine and red cedar; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Martin Puryear; The Charm of Subsistence; 1989; rattan and gum wood; 214.9 x 168.9 x 26.7 cm; Saint Louis Art Museum

Martin Puryear; Lever #2; 1988; rattan, ponderosa pine, ash, and cypress; 179.1 x 739.8 x 138.7 cm; Baltimore Museum of Art

Martin Puryear; Carma, from the Cane portfolio; 2000; woodcut and handmade Japanese paper; Princeton University Art Museum

Martin Puryear; Bona, from the Cane portfolio; 2000; woodcut on handmade Japanese paper; 43.0 x 52.2 cm; Princeton University Art Museum

Martin Puryear; Becky, from the Cane portfolio; 2000; woodcut on handmade Japanese paper; 43.0 x 52.2 cm; Princeton University Art Museum

Martin Puryear; Esther, from the Cane portfolio; 2000; woodcut on handmade Japanese paper; 43.0 x 52.2 cm; Princeton University Art Museum

Martin Puryear; Fern, from the Cane portfolio; 2000; woodcut on handmade Japanese paper; 43.0 x 52.2 cm; Princeton University Art Museum

Martin Puryear; Avery, from the Cane portfolio; 2000; woodcut on handmade Japanese paper; 43.0 x 52.2 cm; Princeton University Art Museum

Martin Puryear; Karintha, from the Cane portfolio; 2000; woodcut on handmade Japanese paper; 43.0 x 52.2 cm; Princeton University Art Museum

Martin Puryear; Deadeye; 2002; pine

Martin Puryear; Vessel; 1997-2000; pitchpine, mesh, and tar

Martin Puryear; Confessional; 1996-2000; wire mesh, tar, and wood

Martin Puryear; The Nightmare; 2001-2; red cedar painted black

Martin Puryear; Untitled; 1993-5; red cedar and pine

Martin Puryear; Untitled; 1993-5; red cedar and pine

Martin Puryear; Untitled; 1987; tar, steel mesh, pine and Douglas fir

Martin Puryear; Three Rings; 1979; maple and African Blackwood

Martin Puryear; Untitled; 1973

Martin Puryear; Thicket; 1990; basswood an cypress

Martin Puryear; Thicket; 1990; basswood and cypress

Martin Puryear; Sanctuary; 1982; pine, maple, and cherry

Martin Puryear; Big and Little Same; 1981; Ponderosa pine, unpainted pear wood

Martin Puryear; Bower; 1980; sitka spruce, pine

Martin Puryear; Desire