Back Seat Dodge '38

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Back Seat Dodge '38

United States, 1964
Time Based Media
Paint, fiberglass and flock, 1938 Dodge, recorded music, and player, chicken wire, beer bottles, artificial grass, and cast plaster figures.
66 x 120 x 156 in. (167.64 x 304.8 x 396.24 cm); Current footprint: 120 x 145 in. (304.8 x 368.3cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Museum Council Fund (M.81.248a-f)
Not currently on public view

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