![Let Us Tie Down Loose Ends, from the Containment Series, by John Outterbridge, c.1968](/sites/default/files/styles/archive_artwork/public/migrated-assets/media/Digital_archives/Now_Dig_This_/Art/DIG.25.jpg?itok=xPK0h_Ww)
John Outterbridge, Artist
Let Us Tie Down Loose Ends, from the Containment Series
, c. 1968
Medium
Mixed media
Dimensions
13 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (34.3 x 36.8 x 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Courtesy of Andrew Zermeño. Photo by Ed Glendinning
Let Us Tie Down Loose Ends is from Outterbridge's Containment Series. The low-relief assemblage sculpture includes leather straps, aluminum panels, bolts, nails, and various other found materials, all obtained from a scrapyard in Pasadena. During Outterbridge's childhood, his father worked as a hauler, and this influenced his use of detritus and scrap materials in his artwork.