Hyperrealism is a form of art that uses exacting, realistic detail to make a comment. In the case of sculpture by Duane Hanson, it’s used to create a nebulous narrative, a quiet context, and an ...

Mea culpa. I confess. For years, I didn’t “get” Duane Hanson. Oh, sure, I got that he was probably both the best and the best-known American realist sculptor of the human figure, certainly the best at ...

Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.). Mary Wallace: Duane Hanson's fundraiser, 1983. Duane Hanson papers, 1935-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. This item has been ...

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. The Mary Davis Wallace papers relating to ...