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Richard Shaw
Happy Birthday1996

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Mixed-media sculpture of a striding skeletal figure with a tree-branch torso, wearing a red conical hat, white ruff collar, and one black boot, holding a spiky yellow pencil cluster

Richard Shaw, Happy Birthday, 1996, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smits Ceramics Purchase Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Richard Shaw
United States, California, born 1941
Title
Happy Birthday
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1996
Medium
Porcelain, glaze, overglaze decals
Dimensions
69 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (176.5 x 39.4 x 80.0 cm), overall
Credit Line
Smits Ceramics Purchase Fund
Accession Number
AC1998.10.1.1-.24
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Copyright
© Richard Shaw

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