Elegant

Designer Richard Yelle American

1991

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Elegant
Designer: Richard Yelle (American, born Attleboro, Massachusetts, 1951)
Date: 1991
Medium: Glass, oil ,wax, paint, graphite, and barbed wire
Dimensions: 23 3/8 × 10 × 9 3/4 in., 6.9 lb. (59.4 × 25.4 × 24.8 cm, 3.1 kg)
Classification: Glass-Painted
Credit Line: Gift of Mary and Gary Pforzheimer, 1992
Object Number: 1992.292
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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