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Image courtesy of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection
Vela (Knot)
Image courtesy of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection

Vela (Knot)

Date1982
Maker Lynda Benglis American, born 1941
Object number2020.15.4
ProvenanceThe artist; [Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1982]; Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington; gift to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2020
Photo CreditImage courtesy of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Sculpture: Three Decades, November 15, 1984 - January 27, 1985. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle, October 23, 2020 - January 18, 2021.
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions42 x 27 x 16 1/2 in. (68.6 x 106.7 x 41.9 cm)
MediumBronze with vaporized aluminum and copper coating
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