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Artist Chryssa American, born Greece, 1933–2013
Date1969
MediumPainted plaster on wood
Dimensions36 7/16 x 18 1/2 x 4 11/16 in. (92.6 x 47.0 x 11.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Wallace Oestreicher
Object numberG.78.24.1
On View
Not on view
Published References"Kaleidoscope: Pattern in Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1988), illus. (b-w) 12.

Megan Holly Witko, ed., Sophia Larigakis, ed., Michelle White, ed., Chryssa & New York (New York, NY and Houston, TX: Dia Art Foundation, The Menil Collection, 2023), 119 (illus. color).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acqusitions," November 8, 1979-May 1980.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Chryssa in the Collection of the NCMA," October 9, 1984-January 20, 1985.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery, "Kaleidoscope: Pattern in Art," September 15, 1988-June 25, 1989.

New York, NY, Dia Chelsea, "Chryssa & New York," March 2–July 23, 2023; Houston, TX, The Menil Collection, September 29, 2023–March 10, 2024; Chicago, IL, Wrightwood 659, May 1–August 15, 2024.
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