Richard Hunt (American, b. 1935) engraved and painted abstract composition on a copper plaque, 1977. Signed and dated lower right. Matted and framed. Richard Howard Hunt is an American artist and sculptor. In the second half of the 20th century, he became the foremost African American abstract sculptor and artist of public sculpture. Hunt, the descendant of enslaved people brought through the port of Savannah from West Africa, studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1950s, and while there received multiple prizes for his work. He was the first African American sculptor to have a retrospective at Museum of Modern Art in 1971. Hunt has created over 160 public sculpture commissions in prominent locations in 24 states across the United States, more than any other sculptor. With a career that spans seven decades, Hunt has held over 150 solo exhibitions and is represented in more than 100 public museums. One of a kind artwork.