G. L. Sussman - Portraits
William King

Collection of the Artist
terra cotta, wire and wood
lifesize
1983

This piece was included in the exhibition called 'Portrait Sculpture: Contemporary Points of View' which opened at the State University of New York at Buffalo Nov 11 1983-Dec 7 1983 At the Bethune Gallery Department of Art and Art History

Bill and I were working at the Skowhegan school together in the summer of 1982. I aske dhim to sit for a portrait. The first pose he took seemed to be both deep in contemplation as well as the sensation one has when exhausted. Your head falls back, whiplashed. All the while Bill's hands were busy making clay objects.