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Monuments for Any Time

1988
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Monuments for Any Time
  • Artist: Adolfo Patiño (Mexican, Mexico City 1954–2005 Mexico City)
  • Date: 1988
  • Medium: Nine postcards (collotypes) in artist frame with nine photocopies pasted on verso
  • Dimensions: 13 9/16 × 19 1/8 × 2 1/4 in. (34.5 × 48.6 × 5.7 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mex-Am Cultural Foundation Inc. Gift, 1990
  • Object Number: 1990.186a-i
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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