Michael Lantz

Homeland Defender Pocket Rocket Spotter

2002

Red, white, and blue paper model template labeled Homeland Defender with tabs and assembly instructions.
Red, white, and blue paper model template labeled Homeland Defender with tabs and assembly instructions.

Michael Lantz, Homeland Defender Pocket Rocket Spotter, 2002. Laser print and collage, sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm) Image: 10 1/16 × 7 11/16 in. (25.6 × 19.5 cm) Overall (plastic insert): 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3 × 3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of David W. Kiehl in honor of Diane Villani 2002.491.7

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Not on view

Date
2002

Classification
Prints

Medium
Laser print and collage

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm) Image: 10 1/16 × 7 11/16 in. (25.6 × 19.5 cm) Overall (plastic insert): 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3 × 3 cm)

Accession number
2002.491.7

Edition
Ed. 100

Credit line
Gift of David W. Kiehl in honor of Diane Villani

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/25880

Part of a series:
10048: INBOX vol. V
20 works

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