Approach Sideways Steps
Franz Erhard Walther
German, born 1939
1968
A set of white fabric forms stored in a simple plywood case that the artist intended to be handled and set in motion, turning viewers into participants.
It reads at first like a plain wooden shelf full of mattress‑like bundles and tied straps—soft, folded cloth compressed into modular units whose taut ties and rumpled surfaces suggest bodies and actions waiting to be released.
Walther's work helped remake sculpture from an inert object into a participatory, performative practice that made viewers co‑creators and opened a path toward body‑based and relational art.
Medium
Fabric
Dimensions
210 1/4 x 5 1/8" (534 x 13 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Scott Burton Fund
Accession
1060.2010.47
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