Varujan Boghosian

Night and Day (Orpheus and Pluto)

1963

A cracked dark sphere with granular textured growth sits centered inside a weathered wooden box.
A cracked dark sphere with granular textured growth sits centered inside a weathered wooden box.

Varujan Boghosian, Night and Day (Orpheus and Pluto), 1963. Wood, steel and nails, overall: 12 1/8 × 12 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (30.8 × 31.1 × 18.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 66.15

Recto

Not on view

Date
1963

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Wood, steel and nails

Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/8 × 12 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (30.8 × 31.1 × 18.7 cm)

Accession number
66.15

Credit line
Gift of the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/1928




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