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Contemplating Mortality
Contemplating Mortality

Contemplating Mortality

Artist/Maker John Nieto United States, 1936 - 2018
Date1995
MediumPlywood, acrylic paint, and bison skull
Dimensions55 x 36 x 84 in. (139.7 x 91.4 x 213.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2005.037
DescriptionBison looking at a bison skull, both on a platform. Bison is painted abstractly in bright colors, skull is actual skull
On View
Not on view
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