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Ball Drop

Walter De Maria

1961

Medium: Plywood box and solid wood ball
Dimensions: Box: 6' 4" × 24" × 6 1/4" (193 × 61 × 15.9 cm); Ball: 4" (10 cm) diameter
Genre: sculpture
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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