String Composition #W-253

Maker and role
Artist: Sue Fuller, American, 1914-2006
 Year
1984
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Mahogany, brass, and cord
Measurements
144 x 168 x 168in (365.8 x 426.7 x 426.7cm)
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin and the Friends of the McNay in honor of Margaret Batts Tobin
Accession number
1984.6
Object type
Sculpture
Department
Contemporary Art
Location
On view/Tobin Theatre Arts Gallery
Further information
This sculpture consists of 400 pins, 1,000 screws, and 2,000 feet of nautical cord. Commissioned specifically for the stairwell in the Tobin Theatre Arts Gallery, String Composition #W-253 was designed in sections and assembled in the space.
Copyright
© Estate of Sue Fuller and The Susan Teller Gallery, New York, NY
Subject period
American Modernist
Docent information sheet
http://collection.mcnayart.org/docs/fuller.pdf
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