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Desert Siesta
Desert Siesta

Desert Siesta

Artist Rube Goldberg American, 1883–1970
MediumBronze
DimensionsH. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E.N. Richards
Object numberG.71.19.1
On View
Not on view
Published ReferencesRube Goldberg, Recent Sculptures (Hammer Galleries, NY, May 14-25, 1968), illus. 6.

"Camel is Gift," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 15, no. 5 (February 1972), discussed and illus. (b-w), unnumbered page.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 11, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1971), listed 66, illus. (b-w) 67.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery, "Contemporary Life," January 18-March 1, 1972.

Critz, VA, Reynolds Homestead Learning Center, "Bronzes from the Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind," March 1-31, 1977.
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