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Typewriter 2

Artist (born 1974)
Date2017
MediumBlack marble
Dimensions9 1/2 in. × 18 1/2 in. × 15 in. (24.1 × 47 × 38.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
On View
On view
Label TextDo you notice anything unusual about this typewriter? North Carolina-based artist Peter Glenn Oakley carves stone in the shape of objects that have fallen out of fashion in society. Typewriter 2 is lifelike, yet its black metal surface may change how you look at the machine.
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Peter Glenn Oakley
2014
© Glenn Ligon; Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, T…
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2018
Giuseppe Ceracchi
1794
Photo courtesy James Graham & Sons Gallery
Hiram Powers
modeled 1844, carved ca. 1845-1873
Photo courtesy Berry-Hill Galleries, New York
William Wetmore Story
modeled 1862, carved 1867
Photo by Ironside Photography.
Louise Bourgeois
1999
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Louise Bourgeois
1971
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Edmonia Lewis
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Tom Powel Imaging Inc.
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2014
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Louise Bourgeois
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