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Crosses to Bear (Armageddon)

Thornton Dial

Crosses to Bear (Armageddon)

2001-2004

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Crosses to Bear (Armageddon)

Thornton Dial

Crosses to Bear (Armageddon)

Thornton Dial

Crosses to Bear (Armageddon)

2001-2004

Physical Qualities Steel, wire, tin, tire scraps, carpet, wood, clothing, plaster hand, enamel, spray paint, and epoxy (Splash Zone compound), 109 1/2 × 150 × 83 in. (278.1 × 381 × 210.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation; and purchase with exchange funds from the Pearlstone Family Fund and partial gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Object Number 2021.21
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase/gift, 2021

Artist

Thornton Dial

born Emelle, AL 1928; died McCalla, AL 2016

born Emelle, AL 1928; died McCalla, AL 2016
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