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Bottlecap Lion

  • Unidentified, Bottlecap Lion, completed after 1966, carved and painted assemblage, bottlecaps, flashcube, fiberboard, and plastic, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1988.74.17

Title
Bottlecap Lion
Artist
Unidentified
Date
completed after 1966
On View
Not on view.
Dimensions
29 1/4 x 49 1/2 x 15 in. (74.3 x 125.8 x 38.1 cm.)
Copyright
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Mediums
fiberboard
plastic
wood
bottlecap
Mediums Description
carved and painted assemblage, bottlecaps, flashcube, fiberboard, and plastic
Classifications
Sculpture
Keywords
  • Animal – lion
Object Number
1988.74.17
Palette
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