Birmingham Persian Wall

Dale Chihuly

1995-1996

  • Titles Birmingham Persian Wall (Proper)
  • Artist Dale Chihuly, American, born 1941
  • Medium blown glass
  • Dimensions Overall dimensions, as installed: 337 x 217 in. (856 x 551.2 cm) Individual units: 30 to 42 in. Diam. (up to 106.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds from Ruth and Marvin Engel (east side); George W. Barber, Jr. Foundation (west side); Art Fund, Inc., the Blount Foundation, Day Family Foundation, Members of the Birmingham Museum of Art, Museum Store, Dr. and Mrs. John W. Poynor, Styslinger Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Taylor, and Vulcan Materials Company Foundation (center window), 1996.1, image © Dale Chihuly
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture
  • On View

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