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

Not on view
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

Christian Patterson, Telephone Deconstruction #1 (from Bottom of the Lake), 2015, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Bruce Berman, photo courtesy the artist

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