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Salt and Pepper Snow Globes
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Salt and Pepper Snow Globes

Artist Nina Katchadourian (American, born 1968)
CultureAmerican
Date2007
MediumMolded glass shakers sealed with rubber stoppers, stainless steel tops, and plastic particles in an emulsion of sterile water and glycerin
Dimensions3 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (9.2 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm)
PortfolioFrom the Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project
Credit LineGifts of Lynn Gumpert in memory of Amy L. Brandt (1978-2015), the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art from 2011 to 2015
Object number2016.26.1
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 204
DescriptionMolded glass salt and pepper shakers, sealed with rubber stopped and topped with stainless steel stops. Inside are plastic particles in an emulsion of sterile water and glycerin.
ProvenanceThe work was a December 2007 gift of the Peter Norton, Los Angeles, who commissioned it from the artist. The work was a gift to the donor, Lynn Gumpert, from Peter Norton. Lynn Gumpert donated the work to the Chrysler Museum of Art in September 2016.
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