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Cast Bronze sculpture by Andrea Bacigalupa, "Deis Irae," view from pointed end
Deis Irae
Cast Bronze sculpture by Andrea Bacigalupa, "Deis Irae," view from pointed end
Cast Bronze sculpture by Andrea Bacigalupa, "Deis Irae," view from pointed end

Deis Irae

DateMid-1980s
MediumCast bronze on walnut base
Dimensions16 1/8 × 12 7/16 in. (41 × 31.6 cm)
Other (base): 17 1/4 × 15 5/16 × 11 3/8 in. (43.8 × 38.9 × 28.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Chiara Bacigalupa, Trustee, Andrea and Ellen Williams Bacigalupa Trust
Object number2020.30.2
DescriptionRounded bronze sculpture on wooden base. Depicts various saintly, skeletal, and ghostly figures that wrap around the form, carved in such a way that seems as if the figures were alive and could walk right out of the bronze cast.
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