---
title: "Audacious: The Fine Art of Wood from the Montalto Bohlen Collection"
date: 2015-02-21T00:00:00-05:00
author: Caroline Herr
canonical_url: "https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/audacious-the-fine-art-of-wood-from-the-montalto-bohlen-collection"
section: Exhibitions
---
![Audacious: The Fine Art of Wood from the Montalto Bohlen Collection](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/exAudacious_3600_01.jpg)

 Past Exhibition

# Audacious: The Fine Art of Wood from the Montalto Bohlen Collection

 

On view February 21 to June 21, 2015

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Monday

10 am–5 pm

 

Tuesday

Closed

 

Wednesday

Closed

 

Thursday

10 am–5 pm

 

Friday

10 am–5 pm

 

Saturday

10 am–5 pm

 

Sunday

10 am–5 pm

 

 

 

 

 

## Experience the beauty, sensuality and sculptural qualities of wood.

 

Rendered by lathe and carving tools, common and exotic woods are transformed into nearly 100 complex sculptural forms with alluring surfaces and textures. Massachusetts collectors Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen have assembled this premier collection of contemporary wood art that is international in scope and diverse in form.

The East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum provided support for this exhibition.

 

 

 

 ![Audacious the Fine Art of Wood book cover](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ex_Audacious_book.png) 

### Exhibition catalogue

This publication’s fresh perspective on the medium includes works by some of the founding members of the wood art movement in the United States.

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 ![Branching Out: Trees as Art](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ex_BranchingOutTrees_1800_Share.jpg)

Past Exhibition

Branching Out: Trees as Art

 

September 27, 2014 to September 13, 2015

 [Learn more](https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/branching-out-trees-as-art) 

 

 

 

 

 

 ![Samuel McIntire, Carving an American Style](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ex_SamualMcintyre_1800_Share.jpg)

Past Exhibition

Samuel McIntire, Carving an American Style

 

October 13, 2007 to February 24, 2008

 [Learn more](https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/samuel-mcintire-carving-an-american-style) 

 

 

 

 

 

 ![American Art: Traditions Transformed](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Exhibition_AmericanDecorative_SHARE_2_3600px.jpg)

Exhibition

American Art: Traditions Transformed

 

Ongoing

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 ![Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/images/Exhibition_NaturesNation_Share_1800px.jpg)

Past Exhibition

Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment

 

February 2 to May 5, 2019

 [Learn more](https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/natures-nation-american-art-and-environment) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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