Agosto Machado

Ethyl (Altar)

2024

Not on view

Date
2024

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Mixed-media installation, with jewelry, matchbooks, pins, and textile; plastic, metal, ceramic objects; postcards, photographs, exhibition booklet, handmade feather butterfly, mask with glitter, coins, makeup compact, pearl, shell, and glass containers with additional ephemera; and original artworks by Peter Hujar, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, and Uzi Parnes

Dimensions
Overall: 68 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (174 × 49.5 × 31.1 cm)

Accession number
2025.60a-xx

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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