Rona Pondick’s Crimson Queen Maple acquired by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Crimson Queen Maple, 2003, stainless steel, patinated bronze, and riverbed rocks, Unique 58 x 141 x 89 1/2 in

Rona Pondick’s Crimson Queen Maple is now in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. This marks the third sculpture of the artist’s to enter the museum’s collection. Crimson Queen Maple, a stainless-steel sculpture of a maple leaf plant, features small human heads at the tips of its branches and is a striking example of the artist’s sustained exploration of the convergence of human and natural forms throughout her career.