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Image Not Available for For Félix (magenta like the ecstasy of dancing with sorrow)
For Félix (magenta like the ecstasy of dancing with sorrow)
Image Not Available for For Félix (magenta like the ecstasy of dancing with sorrow)

For Félix (magenta like the ecstasy of dancing with sorrow)

Artist John Paul Morabito American, born 1982
Date2022
MediumCotton and glass beads
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 88 × 45 × 1 in. (223.5 × 114.3 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Alan and Benjamin King, Glen Medders and Paul Coggins
Object number2024.11.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated by the artist, 2022; Sold to NCMA, 2024Exhibition HistoryWinston-Salem, NC, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA/NCMA Winston-Salem), "The Threads We Follow," November 16, 2023–March 10, 2024. Object Rights Statement

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