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Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: Joe Scanlan, American, born 1961
IKON EARTH (Homage to John Cage)
2007
Pay Dirt potting soil, flexible inks on polyethylene, and ziplok closure, and compressed wood palettes
Single bag: 43 × 30.5 × 15 cm (16 15/16 × 12 × 5 7/8 in.)
Janet and Simeon Braguin Fund
2008.82.1
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
American
Period:
21st century
Classification:
Sculpture
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008): 229, ill.
Joe Scanlan, “23 Thoughts about Dirt,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 106–8, ill.
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