Alan Saret
Three-Tiered Copper

Three-Tiered Copper
Three-Tiered Copper
Three-Tiered Copper
ArtistAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Three-Tiered Copper
Date1982
Made inUnited States
MediumKnotted copper wire
Dimensions225 × 48 × 48 in. (571.5 × 121.9 × 121.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment, with additional funds provided by the Mnuchin Foundation
Object number2005.192
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [James Cohan Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
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