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Swarming Bees
Courtesy of the Artist

Swarming Bees

Date1981
MediumAcrylic, Rhoplex, and glitter on folded paper
DimensionsArtwork: 61 1/2 × 71 × 1/4 in. (156.2 × 180.3 × 0.6 cm)
Overall: 62 1/2 × 71 × 3 in. (158.8 × 180.3 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Olivia and Tom Walton in honor of Monique Knowlton, 2025.50
Signedverso, on canvas, l.c., in black ink: Helen Oji "Swaming Bees" © 1980-81
Accession number 2025.50
On View
Not on view
Provenance(Estrada Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA); purchased by Oz Art LLC, Bentonville, AR, 2021; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2025
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
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