Sam Lewitt

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2008

Two commemorative coins with embossed lion profiles are displayed on small clear plastic stands on a white shelf against a grey wall. The coin on the left has the inscription "IN MEMORY OF BRUTUM COMPANIONS," while the coin on the right reads "RESPERSA LOQUITUR XXIV."

Two commemorative coins with embossed lion profiles are displayed on small clear plastic stands on a white shelf against a grey wall. The coin on the left has the inscription "IN MEMORY OF BRUTUM COMPANIONS," while the coin on the right reads "RESPERSA LOQUITUR XXIV."

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Date
2008

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Two brass alloy coins

Dimensions
Overall: 4 × 7 1/16 × 5in. (10.2 × 17.9 × 12.7 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.244a-c

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/40609

Exhibitions

Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Nov 20, 2015–Mar 6, 2016

Sam Lewitt
20 works in the collection

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