Figure in Iron Trapezoid

Magdalena Abakanowicz

1992

  • Titles Figure in Iron Trapezoid (Title)
  • Artist Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish, 1930 - 2017
  • Medium burlap, resin, iron
  • Dimensions 80 1/4 x 35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in. (203.8 x 89.9 x 89.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by the Art Fund, Inc. and the Collectors Circle for Contemporary Art, AFI.2.1997, image © Magdalena Abakanowicz, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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