Lee Bontecou Lee Bontecou ( born January 15 , 1931 , Providence , Rhode Island ) is a U.S. sculptor , best known for her work in the 1960s , which art critic Arthur Danto describes as `` fierce '' , reminiscent of 17th-century scientist Robert Hooke 's Micrographia , lying `` at the intersection of magnified insects , battle masks , and armored chariots ... `` [ Danto 2004 ] After a major level of success in the 1960s -- she showed at Leo Castelli 's gallery in 1960 and there is a large piece of hers in the State Theater of New York City 's Lincoln Center -- she retired from the art world to Orbisonia , Pennsylvania . [ Danto 2004 ] A Fulbright Scholarship took her to Rome , Italy in the late 1950s . During part of the 1960s , she taught at Brooklyn College . After decades of obscurity , she was brought back to public attention by a 2004 retrospective at MoMA QNS . The retrospective included both work from her public , art-world career and an extensive display of work done after retreating from the public view. [ Danto 2004 ] Bontecou 's work was also included in Carnegie Museum of Art Carnegie International 2004-5 exhibit in Pittsburgh . According to Danto , `` Though here pieces are three-dimensional , they are all frontal and are intended to hang at eye level. '' [ Danto 2004 ] . In 2004 , she was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters . Reference Arthur Danto , `` A Tribe Called Quest '' , The Nation , September 27 , 2004 , p.40-43 . Categories : 1931 births | Living people | Members of The American Academy of Arts and Letters | Women in art 