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Bajo / Bass Guitar

(Mexican, born in 1972)
2013
Medium/TechniqueSoldered steel parts of weapons, nickel plated steel strings, pickup, chrome tuners, lead cable
DimensionsOverall: 118 x 42 x 10 cm (46 7/16 x 16 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Weight: 15.43 lb. (7 kg)
Credit LineLeigh and Stephen Braude Fund for Latin American Art
Accession number2013.1659
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance2013, consigned by the artist to LABOR Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico; 2013, sold by LABOR Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 20, 2013)
CopyrightCourtesy of the Artist and LABOR, Mexico
Pedro Reyes
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