Lot 140: Tolled Belle

John Newman (b. 1952) Tolled Belle brass and treated steel 66 x 37 x 12 in. (167.6 x 94 x 30.5 cm.) Executed in 1982.

94 x 30.5 cm.

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sculpture Inside Outside, May 1988-March 1989.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

“I began to think about materials as metaphor. All materials have intrinsic properties that can resonate in a number of ways. They each have a different weight, color, and texture, but also they have the potential for associations.” - J. Newman, quoted in “John Newman and B. Wurtz,” BOMB 120, Summer 2012, accessed August 28, 2015,