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Oonagh MacCumhail: The Case of the Entered Novitiate

Assemblage in glass case of plastic and soil resembling skeleton of a mechanical beast.

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  • Assemblage in glass case of plastic and soil resembling skeleton of a mechanical beast.

Date:

2002

Artist:

Matthew Barney
American, born 1967

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Matthew Barney

Title

Oonagh MacCumhail: The Case of the Entered Novitiate

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 2002

Medium

Internally lubricated plastic, cast urethane, cast thermoplastic, prosthetic plastic, stainless steel, acrylic, earth, and potatoes in polyethylene and acrylic vitrine

Dimensions

152 × 185 × 201 cm (60 × 73 × 79 in.)

Credit Line

Claire and Gordon Prussian Fund for Contemporary Art, Charles H. and Mary F. Worcester, Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize, and Alonzo C. Mather Prize funds; purchased with funds provided by Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Don Kaul; through prior acquistions of Mary and Leigh Block

Reference Number

2003.180

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