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Obus by Alexander Calder, Paul Mellon — VisualArtsDB

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Obus

Alexander Calder Paul Mellon

1972

Medium: painted sheet metal
Dimensions: overall: 361.8 x 385.9 x 227.6 cm (142 7/16 x 151 15/16 x 89 5/8 in.)
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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