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Broken Obelisk by Barnett Newman — VisualArtsDB

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Broken Obelisk

1963

Medium: Cor-Ten steel
Dimensions: 24' 7 1/4" x 10' 5 1/2" x 10' 5 1/2" (749.9 x 318.8 x 318.8 cm)
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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