Lines That Link Humanity
Artist
El Anatsui
Ghanaian, born 1944, Anyanko, active in Nsukka, Nigeria
Date2008
Associated withAfrica
MediumDiscarded aluminum and copper wire
Dimensionsheight and width: 18ft. × 25 ft. (216 1/16 × 300 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Barbara and Sam Wells
Object number2009.3
On View
On viewProvenanceCommissioned from the artist by NCMA, 2008 [1]; created Nigeria, 2008; delivered to NCMA, 2009.
[1] Commissioned with funds provided by Barbara and Sam Wells
[1] Commissioned with funds provided by Barbara and Sam Wells
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