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4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2009.
Archaeological Find: Sacrifice to Truro
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2009.
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2009.

Archaeological Find: Sacrifice to Truro

Artist Rafael Montañez Ortiz (American, born 1934)
Date1965
MediumUpholstered chair, resin on wood
Dimensions59 × 41 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. (149.9 × 105.4 × 34.6 cm)
Overall, Support (backing board for storage): 60 × 44 1/2 × 3/4 in. (152.4 × 113 × 1.9 cm)
ClassificationsModern art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2664
Terms
  • Furniture
  • Chair
  • Sculpture
  • Latin American
  • Tan
  • Red
  • Blue
  • Multi
  • New York, NY
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a sculpture/construction: it is a complex construction which has a plywood backing with wood, burlap, paper, packing straw, upholstery springs and other objects projecting from the plywood.

Label TextRafael Montañez Ortiz American (born 1934) Archaeological Find: Sacrifice to Truro, 1965 Mixed media, 59 × 41 1/2 × 10 in. (149.9 × 105.4 × 25.4 cm) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2664
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