Loren Madsen
Knots

Knots
Knots
Knots
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Knots
Date1988–1994
PlaceUnited States
MediumPurpleheart wood and steel rods
DimensionsOverall: 68 × 118 × 59 1/2 in. (172.7 × 299.7 × 151.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida
Object number2007.617
Not on view

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Provenance[David McKee Gallery, New York]; Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles, January 23, 1996; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.

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