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Rites and Ritual of Initiation
Rites and Ritual of Initiation
Rites and Ritual of Initiation

Rites and Ritual of Initiation

Artist (American, born Cuba, 1948 - 1985)
Date1978
MediumBurned grass on paper
DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 × 6 in. (25.1 × 15.2 cm)
Support: 9 7/8 × 6 in. (25.1 × 15.2 cm)
Other (Plexiglass display housing): 22 1/2 × 18 7/16 × 2 1/2 in. (57.2 × 46.8 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsAssemblage
Credit LineGift of Lucy R. Lippard, 1999
Object number1999.15.339
DescriptionGrasses burned onto handmade paper in the image of a hand (blades of grass embedded into thick handmade paper)
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