Poetry Box

Designer Dominic Di Mare American

1973

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Title: Poetry Box
Designer: Dominic Di Mare (American, born San Francisco, California, 1932)
Date: 1973
Medium: Ink, watercolor, mirror on paper forms; wood
Dimensions: 2003.561a, b: 2 7/8 × 14 1/4 × 9 3/4 in., 2.3 lb. (7.3 × 36.2 × 24.8 cm, 1 kg)
Classification: Miscellany
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2003
Object Number: 2003.561a, b
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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