SculptureSpanish20th century
Small Intaglio-Carved Marble Plaque
c. 1963
Artists
Eduardo ChillidaArtist
Description
A rectangular white marble tablet with about half of the surface bearing a careful inlay of black stone that forms a graphic abstract pattern.
Dimensions
22.9 x 16.4 x 2.7 cm (9 x 6 7/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[Galerie Juana Mardo, Madrid, Spain], sold; to Mr. & Mrs. F. E. Ossorio, 1964, gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.
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