For instance, Esteban Vicente (1903 — 2001)
elevated scraps of wood from his studio in Bridgehampton to create Divertimienti, small assemblages that transcend their humble materials.
With sheet metal, tin plate, iron wire, nails, and
scraps of wood, he created a life - size guitar, violins, a mandolin, a clarinet, and drinking glasses that
elevated the stature
of still life to a subject as worthy as portrait heads and standing figures.