Red Ryder

Title: Red Ryder
Agent: John Chamberlain (American sculptor 1927–2011)
Date created: 1964
Medium: Sculpture; found object sculpture; assemblage (sculpture)
Measurements: 48.3 x 71.1 x 55.9 cm (19 x 28 x 22 inches)
place of creation: New York, New York, United States
cultural context: American; United States
manufacturer: General Motors Corporation; Ford Motor Company; Chrysler Corporation; Bethlehem Steel Company; Daisy Manufacturing Company
Relation: Box Candy
Description: Sculpture made from crushed, brightly colored automobile parts, representing a fusion of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. The artwork is about transforming industrial wreckage into dynamic, three-dimensional forms, often viewed as a "collision" or gesture frozen in metal
material: chrome steel; automobiles; laquer-coated metal; chrome steel
has technique: oxyacetylene torches; welding; assemblage
has style period: Abstract Expressionist
Subject: Postwar America; Transportation, Automotive; Adventures of Red Ryder (Film serial); Serendipity; adventure story comics
Type: Sculpture
place of repository: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Identifier: BMFA.1974.121
Rights: © 2026 John Chamberlain / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York