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Heart of Gold (Dressing Table)
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Heart of Gold (Dressing Table)

Artist (American, born 1946)
Date1989
MediumSteel, charcoal on paper, cast bronze, gold leaf
Dimensions(a): 32 3/8 x 50 5/8 x 1 9/16 in. (82.2 x 128.6 x 4 cm)
(b): 29 5/8 x 33 7/8 x 17 in. (75.2 x 86 x 43.2 cm)
(c): 8 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (21 x 22.2 x 21.6 cm)
(d): 13 9/16 x 1 5/8 x 5/8 in. (34.4 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm)
(e): 13 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 9/16 in. (34.9 x 4.8 x 1.4 cm)
(f): 13 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 5/8 in. (34.6 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm)
(g): 13 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 5/8 in. (34.3 x 5.7 x 1.6 cm)
(h): 13 1/2 x 2 7/16 x 9/16 in. (34.3 x 6.2 x 1.4 cm)
(i): 13 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 9/16 in. (34.3 x 5.6 x 1.4 cm)
(j): 13 9/16 x 2 5/8 x 9/16 in. (34.4 x 6.7 x 1.4 cm)
(k): 13 7/16 x 2 7/16 x 9/16 in. (34.1 x 6.2 x 1.4 cm)
(l): 13 7/8 x 2 x 9/16 in. (35.2 x 5.1 x 1.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from Jeanne and Michael L. Klein and the Herzstein Family Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2013
Object number2013.34a-l
DescriptionOn a steel table rests a bronze-cast ball of yarn. Above the table is a gold-leafed, baroque-style steel frame that surround a black charcoal color-field drawing. An arc of 9 steel knives , some with gold leaf, and all with words in steel on one or both sides, encircles the frame.
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