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A Real Wheel

1983
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Real Wheel
  • Artist: Roland Penrose (British, London 1900–1984 East Sussex, U.K)
  • Date: 1983
  • Medium: Cut and pasted papers and printed material, pastel, wash, graphite and leaf on paper
  • Dimensions: 21 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (54 × 79.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.551
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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