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- Robert Adams 1917–1984
- Title
- Maquette for sculpture
- Date
- [c.1959]
- Medium
- Aluminium sheet (0.7 mm thick, cut and folded)
- Dimensions
- 215 × 310 × 35 mm
- Description
- Maquette of cut and folded aluminium sheet with a series of triangular spikes, c.1958¿66.
- Format
- 3D object
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Mrs Pat Adams, widow of the artist, and her daughter Mrs Mary Adams Weatherhead, in 1984 and 1990.
- Reference
- TGA 8421/3/11
Archive context
- Personal papers and artworks of Robert Adams TGA 8421 (44)
- Maquettes and 3D objects TGA 8421/3 (12)
- Maquette for sculpture TGA 8421/3/11
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