42 Bicipital Fascia

Charles Clough

1983

  • Titles 42 Bicipital Fascia (Proper)
  • Artist Charles Clough, American, born 1951
  • Medium mixed media over found print reproduction
  • Dimensions board: 14 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (37.9 × 37.9 cm) image: 5 5/16 × 8 3/8 in. (13.5 × 21.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, THE DOROTHY AND HERBERT VOGEL COLLECTION: FIFTY WORKS FOR FIFTY STATES, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2008.45, image © Charles Clough
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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