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  • Artist: John Clague (d. 2004)

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Clague studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1956 under Edris Eckhardt, Walter Sinz, Walter Midner, John Bergschneider, Julius Schmidt, and William McVey. He was awarded The Yale/Norfolk Fellowship and, after graduation, spent a year in Europe as a Catherwood Foundation Traveling Fellow. Clague taught sculpture at Oberlin College (1957–1961), and at the Cleveland Institute of Art (1956–1971), becoming chairman of the institute's sculpture department.

Clague's sculptures have been exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art, and in numerous "May Shows" at the Cleveland Museum of Art. He was awarded the Cleveland Arts Prize in 1967. He is represented in the permanent collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art by six of his sculptures, including his 1960 bronze "Flower of Erebus" and his 1963 plexiglas "Progression in Black and White". He also has exhibits in the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, the University of Massachusetts, and the Williams College Museum of Art. His work is documented in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Twitter Machine by John Clague, Image 1.
  • John Clague
  • Twitter Machine, 1976 entered carta's collection
Stainless steel and Bronze
29 x 29 in
(73.66 x 73.66 cm)
 

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