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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Untitled
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Untitled

Artist Elias Sime (Ethiopian, born 1968)
Date2002
MediumMixed media with paint, buttons, thread and plastic plate on canvas
Dimensions52 1/8 x 56 3/4 x 1 1/4 in., (132.4 x 144.1 x 3.2 cm,)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by friends of the Harn Museum
Object number2007.19
Collections
DescriptionHundreds of multi-colored buttons arranged in concentric circles, alternating solid black bands of buttons with bands of buttons of various colors; at the center is a white dinner plate covered in colorful x's.
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