The Sigh of the True Cross

Mel Chin

1988

  • Titles The Sigh of the True Cross (Proper)
  • Artist Mel Chin, American, born 1951
  • Medium pine, olive, ash, mud, steel, ox gut and teff
  • Dimensions 125 x 87 x 26 in. (317.5 x 221 x 66 cm) as installed: 88 × 79 × 26 in. (223.5 × 200.7 × 66 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and general acquisition funds, 1990.8, image © Mel Chin. Image courtesy of the artist.
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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