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Artist
Mathias Goeritz
(Mexican, 1915 - 1990)
Date1951
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 × 6 1/8 × 8 11/16 inches (15 × 15.5 × 22 cm)
Credit LineGift of Judith Bettelheim in honor of her mother Mildred Constantine
Object number2014.46.1
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DescriptionThis metal sculpture depicts the simple abstract form of a person’s head and neck lying on its side. The head itself is an empty spherical form with its crown left open. Two eyes are indicated as cut-out ovoids and the mouth is represented by a similar negative space in the form of a circle.Copyright© Mathias Goeritz, 1951. Licensed by L.M. Daniel Goeritz and Galería La Caja Negra, Madrid
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