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The melting globe (sienna, umber)

Olafur Eliasson

The melting globe (sienna, umber)

2016

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Olafur Eliasson

The melting globe (sienna, umber)

2016

Physical Qualities Watercolor and pencil on paper, 29 1/2 × 22 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (74.9 × 56.5 × 6 cm.)
Credit Line Sidney M. Friedberg Acquisitions Endowment for Prints and Drawings
Object Number 2019.156
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2019; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Artist

Olafur Eliasson

1966–2000

born Copenhagen, Denmark 1967
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