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Surrealist object in form of a shrub

(American, 1891–1968)
about 1960
Medium/TechniquePlaster, painted blue and red, chicken wire scrolls, plastic, tin scraps, colored glass, pins, etc., covered with gold dust
DimensionsApproximately 53.3 x 30.5 x 35.6 cm (21 x 12 x 14 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim
Accession number64.318
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceThe artist; to Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim, Venice; to MFA, Boston, 1964
Copyright© Estate of Laurence Vail.
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