{"id":1971,"date":"2026-01-03T19:40:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americaleclectic.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1971"},"modified":"2026-01-03T23:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:10:57","slug":"ron-pippin-the-relic-sheath-mixed-media-sculpture-15-5","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/americaleclectic.com\/?product=ron-pippin-the-relic-sheath-mixed-media-sculpture-15-5","title":{"rendered":"Ron Pippin: &#8220;The Relic Sheath&#8221; \u2013 Mixed Media Sculpture (15.5&#8243;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">Americal Eclectic is proud to feature a hauntingly beautiful work by the late California master <b data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"109\">Ron Pippin<\/b>. Measuring approximately 15.5 inches, this leather sheath is a prime example of Pippin&#8217;s &#8220;Visual Prayers.&#8221; Utilizing hand-stitched leather, aged twine, and found industrial elements, Pippin creates an artifact that feels like a survival tool from an archaic civilization.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">Pippin\u2019s work\u2014which resides in the <b data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"35\">Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden<\/b>\u2014dwells in the space between the scientific and the mystical. This sheath does not hold a weapon, but rather an idea: the &#8220;dark material&#8221; of the human psyche transformed into an object of clarity and grace. It is a &#8220;biomechanoid&#8221; relic that challenges the viewer to imagine its impossible history.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\"><b data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Specifications:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"12\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Artist:<\/b> Ron Pippin (1943\u20132019)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Medium:<\/b> Hand-stitched leather, wax, twine, and found artifacts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Dimensions:<\/b> Approx. 15.5&#8243; L<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Provenance:<\/b> Estate of the Artist \/ California Assemblage Tradition<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,4,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Condition:<\/b> Intentionally distressed (Artist\u2019s original intent)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americaleclectic.com\/?page_id=2123\">Artists Bio<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americal Eclectic is proud to feature a hauntingly beautiful work by the late California master Ron Pippin. 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