Richard Tuttle

Silver Mercury

1986

Abstract wall sculpture with pink and green painted shapes, wire, and black and beige pieces.
Abstract wall sculpture with pink and green painted shapes, wire, and black and beige pieces.

Richard Tuttle, Silver Mercury, 1986. Wood, aluminum, paperboard, homosote, wire, hot glue and acrylic with powdered pigments, overall: 12 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (32.4 × 27.3 × 18.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the David M. Solinger Purchase Fund 87.25

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Date
1986

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Wood, aluminum, paperboard, homosote, wire, hot glue and acrylic with powdered pigments

Dimensions
Overall: 12 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (32.4 × 27.3 × 18.7 cm)

Accession number
87.25

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the David M. Solinger Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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