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Wedge

© Norma Minkowitz

Wedge
Wedge
ArtistAmerican, born 1937
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Wedge
Date1988
Made inWestport, Connecticut, United States
MediumCotton thread, shellac, acrylic paint, and resin
Dimensions13 × 14 1/2 × 14 in. (33 × 36.8 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Don and Rita Newman
Object number2014.276
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, New Mexico]; purchased by Edna S. Beron, 1988; Estate of Edna S. Beron, Philadelphia, 1997; [Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia]; purchased by Rita and Don Newman, 1997; Estate of Rita E. Newman; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On bottom, written with white paint: M / 88

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