The American Artist’s Hand Archive has been established to document through castings in bronze the hands of many of America’s most distinguished and venerated visual artists.

Each artist, in their own way, approaches aesthetic challenges through the most basic manipulation of material with gifted hands. These hands bear the marks of use that are inextricably tied to important contributions to contemporary American art.

Initiated in 2009, the Archive is an ongoing project with twenty-five participating artists to date and seventeen bronze castings completed.

Participants:
Huma Bhabha

Chuck Close

Bill Crozier

Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas

Michele Oka Doner

April Gornik

Peter Gourfain

Don Gummer

Eric Fischl

Mary Frank

Robert Indiana

Jasper Johns

Maya Lin

​Tom Otterness

Beverly Pepper

Titus Kaphar

Judy Pfaff

Rona Pondick

Richard Prince

Martin Puryear

Ursula Von Rydingsvard

Ed Smith

Kiki Smith

Kenneth Snelson

William Tucker