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Magdalena AbakanowiczWW-1987-005457
Anonymous Gift, 1997
Catalogue
- Year
- 1987
- Medium
- Wood and steel
- Dimensions
- 66 in. × 16 ft. 4 in. (167.6 × 497.8 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Magdalena Abakanowicz
Artist
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Sculpture
Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz is known as a pioneer of sculpture and installation of biomorphic forms composed of sewn sackcloth and synthetic resins.
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Winged Trunk
1989 · Wood, burlap, rope, and welded steel
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Body 81F
1981 · Charcoal on paper
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Pregnant
1981 · Birch branches, wire and fabric, twenty-three parts
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Embryology
1978 · Burlap, cotton gauze, hemp rope, nylon and sisal
WW-1978-228162
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Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Year
- 1987
- Medium
- Wood and steel
- Dimensions
- 66 in. × 16 ft. 4 in. (167.6 × 497.8 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1987-005457
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified