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Franz West

Violetta. To the song of Gerhard Rühm: I like to rest on aquatic corpses

2004

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Franz West

Violetta. To the song of Gerhard Rühm: I like to rest on aquatic corpses

2004

Physical Qualities Epoxy resin with fiberglass, 42 x 47 x 114 in. (106.7 x 119.4 x 289.6 cm.)
Credit Line The Caplan Family Contemporary Art Fund, and Frederick R. Weisman Contemporary Art Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number 2008.1
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2008; Gagosian Gallery, NY; from the artist
"BMA Today," Baltimore Museum of Art, Fall 2008, back cover, p. 17
Robin Coblentz, 'To Build a House You Start with the Roof,' "Newsletter," The Print, Drawing & Photograph Society of The Baltimore Museum of Art, Vol. 26, No. 2, Fall 2008, p. 4.

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Franz West

born Vienna, Austria 1947; died Vienna, Austria 2012
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