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- Robert Adams 1917–1984
- Title
- Maquette related to ‘Pierced Horizontals’ 1959, or a brooch
- Date
- [c.1960]
- Medium
- Circular steel rods with traces of copper plating
- Dimensions
- 90 x 37 x 6 mm
- Description
- Maquette, perhaps for a brooch, of small lengths of steel rod brazed together, parallel to each other.
- 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 8421/3/9
Archive context
- Personal papers and artworks of Robert Adams TGA 8421 (44)
- Maquettes and 3D objects TGA 8421/3 (12)
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