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Onorio Ruotolo
Buried Alive (also known as Walled In)1918

Not on view
Dark bronze sculpture of four heavily robed standing figures clustered together on a rectangular plinth, with rough-textured surface and warm highlights

Onorio Ruotolo, Buried Alive (also known as Walled In), 1918, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Lucio Ruotolo, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Onorio Ruotolo
Title
Buried Alive (also known as Walled In)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1918
Medium
Painted plaster
Dimensions
17 1/2 x 11 x 11 1/2 in. (44.45 x 27.94 x 29.21 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lucio Ruotolo
Accession Number
AC1993.205.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Fort, Ilene Susan; M. Lenihan; M. Park; S. Rather and Roberta K. Tarbell. The Figure in American Scuplture: A Question of Modernity. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995.