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  Miles Burkholder Carpenter, Root Monster, 1968, carved and painted tree roots, rubber, metal, and string, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.238

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Title

Root Monster

Artist

Miles Burkholder Carpenter

Date

1968

Location

Not on view

Dimensions

22 ⁵⁄₈ x 28 ⁵⁄₈ x 28 ¹⁄₄ in. (57.5 x 72.7 x 71.6 cm.)

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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

Mediums

rubber

roots

iron

wood

Mediums Description

carved and painted tree roots, rubber, metal, and string

Classifications

Sculpture

Keywords

• Fantasy – monster

Object Number

1986.65.238

Palette

• #75200C
• #BF9647
• #7E611F
• #BC6257
• #EBE887

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