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ArtistAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
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Date1972
PlaceUnited States
MediumSteel
Dimensions15 1/2 × 180 × 204 in. (39.4 × 457.2 × 518.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by an anonymous donor
Object number73.87.A-.D
Not on view

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Provenance[André Emmerich Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1973.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "A Century of Modern Sculpture 1882-1982," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 14 January 1983 - 31 January 1984.

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