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As if this flesh, which wall about our life, were brass impregnable

A work made of oil paint, brass doorknobs on canvas.

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  • A work made of oil paint, brass doorknobs on canvas.

Date:

1990

Artist:

Annette Lemieux
American, born 1957

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Annette Lemieux

Title

As if this flesh, which wall about our life, were brass impregnable

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1990

Medium

Oil paint, brass doorknobs on canvas

Dimensions

175.3 × 231.2 cm (69 × 91 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Rhona Hoffman

Reference Number

2000.518

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