Silver Spheres II

Amy Chaiklin

2001-2002

  • Titles Silver Spheres II (Proper)
  • Artist Amy Chaiklin, American, born 1955
  • Medium India ink on paper
  • Dimensions sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (28.6 × 19.1 cm) mat: 13 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (33.5 × 24.2 cm) frame: 14 × 10 3/8 in. (35.6 × 26.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Sally and Wynn Kramarsky, AFI.10.2006, image © Amy Chaiklin
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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