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Noah Purifoy
Watts Uprising Remainscirca 1965-1966

Not on view
Sculpture resembling a log or tree section, with a heavily layered charcoal-black exterior and a hollowed right end revealing a pale pink and cream interior with faint linear markings
Artist or Maker
Noah Purifoy
United States, 1917–2004
Title
Watts Uprising Remains
Date Made
circa 1965-1966
Medium
Found-object assemblage
Dimensions
7 × 14 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (17.78 × 36.83 × 24.13 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ducommun and Gross Endowment
Accession Number
M.2025.171
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Copyright
© Noah Purifoy Foundation, Photo by Pierre Le Hors