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Nayland Blake
Puppets1990

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Artist or Maker
Nayland Blake
United States, New York, New York City, born 1960
Title
Puppets
Date Made
1990
Medium
Felt, silk, glass, and stainless steel
Dimensions
.1-.4): 15 × 96 × 8 in. (38.1 × 243.84 × 20.32 cm) .1a-e) Puppet (upright): 11 3/4 × 9 × 3 3/4 in. (29.85 × 22.86 × 9.53 cm) each .2a-e) Glass diameter: 9 × 3 in. (22.86 × 7.62 cm) each .3a-e) Red box (closed): 14 1/4 × 11 × 6 1/2 in. (36.2 × 27.94 × 16.51 cm) each .4) Shelf: 3 × 96 × 8 1/4 in. (7.62 × 243.84 × 20.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Linda and Jerry Janger in honor of the museum's 50th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2016.19.1-.4
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.

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