Society Woman's Cloth (Gold)

Artist: El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born 1944)

Medium

Aluminum bottle caps and copper wire

Dimensions

156 × 262 in. (396.24 × 665.48 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971, in honor of Robert Farris Thompson, B.A. 1955, M.A. 1961, Ph.D. 1965

Accession Number

2018.115.1

Culture
Period

21st century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

purchased from Jack Shainman Gallery
Bibliography
  • "Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2018), 113–15, ill.
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 24–25, ill.
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Additional information

Signed

Signed on the back "EL 06"

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