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Iceland Surge

Artist Rita Blitt (American, born 1931)
Date1993
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (34.29 × 57.15 × 11.43 cm)
Credit LineGift of Rita Blitt
Object number2016.31
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/11
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionThis bronze sculpture is abstract in form. The thin and supple metal loops and undulates with animated movement, creating interaction between positive and negative space.Provenance

With Rita Blitt, Prairie Village, KS, 1993.

Her gift to the Nelson‑Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

Copyright© Rita Blitt
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