Tom Otterness

Moneybag Man with Cellphone

1998

A small gold figurine stands on a blue plinth inside a clear glass globe on a pedestal.
A small gold figurine stands on a blue plinth inside a clear glass globe on a pedestal.

Tom Otterness, Moneybag Man with Cellphone, 1998. Lead crystal, 24K yellow gold, 10K white gold, lapis lazuli and diamond, overall: 4 1/2 × 3 × 3 in. (11.4 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Cartier, Inc. 98.50

Recto

Not on view

Date
1998

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Lead crystal, 24K yellow gold, 10K white gold, lapis lazuli and diamond

Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/2 × 3 × 3 in. (11.4 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)

Accession number
98.50

Edition
2/4

Publication
Cast by Quality Casting

Credit line
Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Cartier, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/11974



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