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Elements Compressed by Pushing from Various Directions by Barry Le Va — VisualArtsDB

Elements Compressed by Pushing from Various Directions

Elements Compressed by Pushing from Various Directions

1994

Medium: Pen and ink and graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 12 5/16 in. (22.7 × 31.3 cm)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, US

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Barry Le Va, Elements Compressed by Pushing from Various Directions, 1994. Pen and ink and graphite pencil on paper, sheet: 8 15/16 × 12 5/16 in. (22.7 × 31.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner P.2011.223

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