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40 Rounded Cylinders on a Base

Pol Bury Belgian
1969
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Object Information
  • Title: 40 Rounded Cylinders on a Base
  • Artist: Pol Bury (Belgian, Haine-Saint-Pierre 1922–2005 Paris)
  • Date: 1969
  • Medium: Brass, electrical components
  • Edition: 6/8
  • Dimensions: 7 × 19 5/8 × 19 5/8 in., 35.6 lb. (17.8 × 49.8 × 49.8 cm, 16.1 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and Morry Levinson, 1983
  • Object Number: 1983.196a-oo
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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