Close-up color photograph of daddy long-legs spiders (cellar spiders) on a decaying brown leave, a torn green leaf in the bottom right corner.

Spider House

Artist Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, born 1962)

Date2001

MediumCibachrome

DimensionsOther (sheet): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 21 1/2 × 27 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (54.6 × 70.5 × 3.5 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund

Object number2002.2

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Visual DescriptionClose-up color photograph of daddy long-legs spiders (cellar spiders) on a decaying brown leave, a torn green leaf in the bottom right corner.

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