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Contemplating Mortality
Contemplating Mortality

Contemplating Mortality

Artist/Maker (United States, 1936 - 2018)
Date1995
MediumPlywood, acrylic paint, and bison skull
Dimensionso 55 x 36 x 84
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
    Object numberW2005.037
    DescriptionBison looking at a bison skull, both on a platform. Bison is painted abstractly in bright colors, skull is actual skull
    Status
    Not on view
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