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Martin Puryear
Decoy1990

Not on view
Large outdoor sculpture of a wide, flat oval disk in warm reddish-brown wood or metal, with a single curved vertical form rising from its center, set on white gravel

Martin Puryear, Decoy, 1990, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Art Museum Council and the Flintridge Foundation, 1991, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Martin Puryear
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, active New York, born 1941
Title
Decoy
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1990
Medium
Cast iron
Dimensions
40 1/2 x 110 1/2 x 109 1/2 in. (102.87 x 280.67 x 278.13 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Museum Council and the Flintridge Foundation, 1991
Accession Number
AC1992.89.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© Martin Puryear

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