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Nari Ward

Live Ball

2009

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Nari Ward

Live Ball

2009

Physical Qualities Shoelaces and paint, Overall (as installed): 103 x 106 x 4 1/2 in. (261.6 x 269.2 x 11.4 cm.) Ball: 44 x 13 x 3 in. (111.8 x 33 x 7.6 cm.) Backboard: 96 x 47 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (243.8 x 120.7 x 11.4 cm.)
Credit Line Frederick R. Weisman Contemporary Art Acquisitions Endowment, and Collectors Circle Fund for Art by African Americans
Object Number 2011.96
Cord with various fibers, metal, plastic, and paint
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2011; Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
Contemporary Wing Reinstallation

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Nari Ward

1962–2000

born St. Andrew, Jamaica 1963
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