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Tom Miller

Mardi Gras King

1992

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Tom Miller

Mardi Gras King

1992

Physical Qualities Acrylic on wood, fabric, metal, 42 7/8 x 18 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (108.9 x 47 x 47.6 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in Memory of the Artist
Object Number 2001.23
Wooden chair decorated with hand-painted designs, topped with a small head with a watermelon on top and two small bells for earrings. There are five larger bells along the crosspiece. The seat cover is zebra striped.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Steven Scott, Baltimore, MD
BMA Today, 'Tom Miller: Changing Spaces,' September/October 2002, p. 7.
School Arts: The Green Issue, April 2010, illus.

Inscribed: Signed front chair rail: Tom / Miller / 93

Artist

Tom Miller

1944–1999

born Baltimore, MD 1945; died Baltimore, MD 2000
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