Jene Highstein
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Jene Highstein
Jene Highstein was an influential American sculptor who was born in San Diego, California in 1944 and died in 2019. He was a self-taught sculptor and his works are distinguished by the use of simple geometry and clean lines. In the beginning of his career, Highstein worked with wood, metal and clay, and later shifted his focus to steel and stone. His works have been exhibited in major institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Some of his most prominent works include Leaner (1970), Node (1984) and Big Edge (2000) which is a permanent installation in the Tufts University Alumni Garden.
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