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Your [sic] a Big Boy Now
Image non disponible pour Your [sic] a Big Boy Now
ArtistAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Your [sic] a Big Boy Now
Date1993
PlaceUnited States
MediumCamera obscura, wood, plexi-glas, mirrors, halogen light bulbs, motorized parts, and toy guns
DimensionsOverall: 28 3/8 × 21 5/8 × 8 11/16 in. (72.1 × 54.9 × 22.1 cm)
Other (.B and .C, turnbuckles): 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (10.8 × 1.6 cm)
Other (.C, instructions): 26 11/16 × 20 in. (67.8 × 50.8 cm)
Other (.E and .F, two extra bulbs): 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the David Bermant Foundation, the Harry B. and Aileen B. Gordon Foundation, and the Giles Family Foundation
Object number94.17.A-.F
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1994.

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