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Ball Drop by Walter De Maria — VisualArtsDB

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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), New York City, NY, US

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