Bertil Vallien
Close to Ararat

Close to Ararat

© Bertil Vallien

Close to Ararat
Close to Ararat
ArtistSwedish, born 1938
CultureSwedish
Titles
  • Close to Ararat
Date1987
MediumGlass, steel, paint, gold leaf, steel cable, light bulbs, and electrical cord
DimensionsOverall (height estimated): 70 7/8 × 41 × 4 1/2 in. (180 × 104.1 × 11.4 cm)
Other (oblong glass piece): 4 1/2 × 42 5/16 × 5 in. (11.4 × 107.5 × 12.7 cm)
Other (each of two lights): 4 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 4 in. (11.4 × 21 × 10.2 cm)
Other (arrow): 1 3/4 × 29 1/2 × 1/2 in. (4.4 × 74.9 × 1.3 cm)
Other (steel bracket): 5 × 24 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (12.7 × 61.6 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Object number2012.611
Non exposé

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Provenance[The Works Gallery, Philadelphia]; acquired by Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Los Angeles; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
etched on recto of glass " (signature) KOSTA-BODA 305 870004 "
etched on recto of glass " B.Vallien "

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