Peter Agostini

The Clothesline
1960

A sculpture depicting a series of bronze-cast clothing items and shoes hanging and strewn about a rudimentary clothesline, set against a white background. The clothes and shoes appear worn and abandoned, evoking a sense of desolation.

A sculpture depicting a series of bronze-cast clothing items and shoes hanging and strewn about a rudimentary clothesline, set against a white background. The clothes and shoes appear worn and abandoned, evoking a sense of desolation.

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Date
1960

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Bronze

Dimensions
Overall: 62 7/8 × 63 × 23 3/8in. (159.7 × 160 × 59.4 cm)

Accession number
66.133

Edition
1/1

Publication
Cast by Modern Art Foundry

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Peter Agostini
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