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View on museum website →Medium
etched plate glass and steel, with cable
Dimensions
overall: 135.3 x 152.4 x 118.1 cm (53 1/4 x 60 x 46 1/2 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Rose and Charles F. Gibbs
Accession Number
1985.66.1
About the Artist
Christopher Wilmarth
Christopher Wilmarth (1943–1987) was a visionary American sculptor whose ethereal works captured the interplay of light and shadow through glass and steel. Born on June 11, 1943, in Sonoma, California, he grew up in Sonoma County and Palo Alto before moving to New York City in the early 1960s. There, he honed his craft at The Cooper Union, earning a B.F.A. in 1966. Wilmarth's early career included...