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Christian Patterson
Telephone Deconstruction #1 (from Bottom of the Lake)2015

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Color photograph of a disassembled rotary telephone with all components laid flat on a white surface, including a powder-blue plastic body, coiled cord, handset, rotary dial, bells, screws, and internal mechanisms
Artist or Maker
Christian Patterson
United States, born 1972
Title
Telephone Deconstruction #1 (from Bottom of the Lake)
Date Made
2015
Medium
Inkjet print (pigment based)
Dimensions
Primary support: 32 × 40 in. (81.28 × 101.6 cm) Frame: 32 11/16 × 40 3/4 × 2 in. (83.03 × 103.51 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Bruce Berman
Accession Number
M.2018.210.23
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Christian Patterson