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Barbara Kasten
Birth of the World1991

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Color photograph of a massive stone slab lit in vivid cobalt blue, with wooden poles propped beneath its edge above a rust-orange glowing cavity

Barbara Kasten, Birth of the World, 1991, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Lewis Baltz, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Barbara Kasten
Title
Birth of the World
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1991
Medium
Dye destruction print
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/16 × 3 9/16 in. (25.88 × 9.05 cm) Primary support: 11 × 14 in. (27.94 × 35.56 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lewis Baltz
Accession Number
AC1994.161.5
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Barbara Kasten

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