Marie Watt

Skywalker/Skyscraper (Axis Mundi)

2012

Brightly-colored reclaimed wool blankets stacked in an upward pile and punctured in the center by a vertical steel I-beam
Brightly-colored reclaimed wool blankets stacked in an upward pile and punctured in the center by a vertical steel I-beam

Marie Watt, Skywalker/Skyscraper (Axis Mundi), 2012. Reclaimed wool blankets and steel, overall: 96 × 20 × 22 in. (243.8 × 50.8 × 55.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2020.42a-b. © Marie Watt

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Date
2012

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Reclaimed wool blankets and steel

Dimensions
Overall: 96 × 20 × 22 in. (243.8 × 50.8 × 55.9 cm)

Accession number
2020.42a-b

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Marie Watt

API
artworks/60044






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