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Deborah Butterfield

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Untitled (#DB3864.1), 2021-2022

cast bronze, unique

41 x 51 1/2 x 13 in. / 104.1 x 130.8 x 33 cm

Untitled (#DB3864.1), 2021-2022

cast bronze, unique

41 x 51 1/2 x 13 in. / 104.1 x 130.8 x 33 cm

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Untitled (#DB3866.1), 2021-2022

cast bronze, unique

32 1/2 x 42 x 12 in. / 82.5 x 106.7 x 30.5 cm

Untitled (#DB3866.1), 2021-2022

cast bronze, unique

32 1/2 x 42 x 12 in. / 82.5 x 106.7 x 30.5 cm

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Mark (#5155.1), 2019
cast bronze
87 x 115 1/2 x 27 in. / 221 x 293.4 x 68.6 cm

Mark (#5155.1), 2019
cast bronze
87 x 115 1/2 x 27 in. / 221 x 293.4 x 68.6 cm

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Wao'kele (#4724.1), 2016
cast bronze with patina

38 3/4  x 45 x 12 in. / 98.4 x 114.3 x 30.5 cm

Private Collection, San Francisco, California

Wao'kele (#4724.1), 2016
cast bronze with patina

38 3/4  x 45 x 12 in. / 98.4 x 114.3 x 30.5 cm

Private Collection, San Francisco, California

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Cascade, 2014
cast bronze
37 x 121 x 65 in. / 94 x 307.3 x 165.1 cm

Cascade, 2014
cast bronze
37 x 121 x 65 in. / 94 x 307.3 x 165.1 cm

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Cascade, Bristlecone, Birdeye, Willow Creek, 2014
installation of four sculptures
overall dimensions variable

Cascade, Bristlecone, Birdeye, Willow Creek, 2014
installation of four sculptures
overall dimensions variable

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Winifred, 2012
cast bronze
85 x 95 1/2 x 38 3/4 in. / 215.9 x 242.6 x 98.4 cm

Winifred, 2012
cast bronze
85 x 95 1/2 x 38 3/4 in. / 215.9 x 242.6 x 98.4 cm

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Rondo, 1994
found steel, welded
79 x 94 x 31 in. / 200.7 x 238.8 x 78.7 cm

Rondo, 1994
found steel, welded
79 x 94 x 31 in. / 200.7 x 238.8 x 78.7 cm

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Palma, 1990
found steel, welded
77 x 119 x 26 in. / 195.6 x 302.3 x 66 cm

Palma, 1990
found steel, welded
77 x 119 x 26 in. / 195.6 x 302.3 x 66 cm

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Crystal, 1980
metal armature with barbed wire, glass, wood and paint, unique
29 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 15 in. / 74.9 x 108 x 38.1 cm

Crystal, 1980
metal armature with barbed wire, glass, wood and paint, unique
29 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 15 in. / 74.9 x 108 x 38.1 cm

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Horse #7, 1978
mud, sticks, steel

144 x 108 x 65 in. / 365.8 x 274.3 x 165.1 cm

Collection of de Rosa Preserve, Napa, California

Horse #7, 1978
mud, sticks, steel

144 x 108 x 65 in. / 365.8 x 274.3 x 165.1 cm

Collection of de Rosa Preserve, Napa, California

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Untitled (#DB3864.1), 2021-2022

cast bronze, unique

41 x 51 1/2 x 13 in. / 104.1 x 130.8 x 33 cm

Untitled (#DB3864.1), 2021-2022

cast bronze, unique

41 x 51 1/2 x 13 in. / 104.1 x 130.8 x 33 cm

Untitled (#DB3866.1), 2021-2022

cast bronze, unique

32 1/2 x 42 x 12 in. / 82.5 x 106.7 x 30.5 cm

Untitled (#DB3866.1), 2021-2022

cast bronze, unique

32 1/2 x 42 x 12 in. / 82.5 x 106.7 x 30.5 cm

Mark (#5155.1), 2019
cast bronze
87 x 115 1/2 x 27 in. / 221 x 293.4 x 68.6 cm

Mark (#5155.1), 2019
cast bronze
87 x 115 1/2 x 27 in. / 221 x 293.4 x 68.6 cm

Wao'kele (#4724.1), 2016
cast bronze with patina

38 3/4  x 45 x 12 in. / 98.4 x 114.3 x 30.5 cm

Private Collection, San Francisco, California

Wao'kele (#4724.1), 2016
cast bronze with patina

38 3/4  x 45 x 12 in. / 98.4 x 114.3 x 30.5 cm

Private Collection, San Francisco, California

Cascade, 2014
cast bronze
37 x 121 x 65 in. / 94 x 307.3 x 165.1 cm

Cascade, 2014
cast bronze
37 x 121 x 65 in. / 94 x 307.3 x 165.1 cm

Cascade, Bristlecone, Birdeye, Willow Creek, 2014
installation of four sculptures
overall dimensions variable

Cascade, Bristlecone, Birdeye, Willow Creek, 2014
installation of four sculptures
overall dimensions variable

Winifred, 2012
cast bronze
85 x 95 1/2 x 38 3/4 in. / 215.9 x 242.6 x 98.4 cm

Winifred, 2012
cast bronze
85 x 95 1/2 x 38 3/4 in. / 215.9 x 242.6 x 98.4 cm

Rondo, 1994
found steel, welded
79 x 94 x 31 in. / 200.7 x 238.8 x 78.7 cm

Rondo, 1994
found steel, welded
79 x 94 x 31 in. / 200.7 x 238.8 x 78.7 cm

Palma, 1990
found steel, welded
77 x 119 x 26 in. / 195.6 x 302.3 x 66 cm

Palma, 1990
found steel, welded
77 x 119 x 26 in. / 195.6 x 302.3 x 66 cm

Crystal, 1980
metal armature with barbed wire, glass, wood and paint, unique
29 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 15 in. / 74.9 x 108 x 38.1 cm

Crystal, 1980
metal armature with barbed wire, glass, wood and paint, unique
29 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 15 in. / 74.9 x 108 x 38.1 cm

Horse #7, 1978
mud, sticks, steel

144 x 108 x 65 in. / 365.8 x 274.3 x 165.1 cm

Collection of de Rosa Preserve, Napa, California

Horse #7, 1978
mud, sticks, steel

144 x 108 x 65 in. / 365.8 x 274.3 x 165.1 cm

Collection of de Rosa Preserve, Napa, California

Deborah Butterfield - Artists - Marlborough New York

Deborah Butterfield.

About

Born in 1949 in San Diego, California, Deborah Butterfield is a major American sculptor best known for her renditions of horses made from found detritus, metal, wood, and cast bronze with highly sophisticated patinations. Butterfield partially credits her birthday as the inspiration for her subject matter, as it fell on the same day as the running of the 75th Kentucky Derby.

While completing her BA and MFA at the University of California, Davis, Butterfield studied with Robert Arneson, William Wiley, Roy DeForest, Manuel Neri, and Wayne Thiebaud. From the mid-1970s through mid-1980s, Butterfield taught at the University of Wisconsin, Madison followed by Montana State University, Bozeman. 

Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in Chicago hosted Butterfield’s first gallery exhibition in 1976. Since then, she has exhibited widely, mounting solo shows at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas; Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida; Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California; Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana; The Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona; and Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, among others. Butterfield continues to collaborate with Zolla/Lieberman, as well as with the LA Louver Gallery in Los Angeles, Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle and Anglim Trimble Gallery in San Francisco. 

Butterfield’s work is included in numerous public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; Cincinnati Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California; Walker Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.

Butterfield divides her time between three studios, which she shares with her artist-husband, John Buck, at her horse ranch in Bozeman, Montana, a large-scale studio in Walla Walla, Washington, and a third studio space in Hawaii. 

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