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Ernest and Ruth
Ernest and Ruth

Ernest and Ruth

Artist Hank Willis Thomas American, born 1976
Date2015
MediumPainted steel
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 83 × 96 × 24 in. (210.8 × 243.8 × 61 cm)
base (plate): 48 × 96 in. (121.9 × 243.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Pat and Tom Gipson
Object number2016.19.1
On View
On view
ProvenanceThe artist; with Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; sold to NCMA, 2016.
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