Chilkat

Robert Murray Canadian

1977

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Title: Chilkat
Artist: Robert Murray (Canadian, born 1936)
Date: 1977
Medium: Painted aluminum
Dimensions: 51 × 61 × 81 in. (129.5 × 154.9 × 205.7 cm)
Weight: 367 lb. (166.5 kg)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Anonymous Gifts, 1978
Object Number: 1978.83
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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