The Old Water

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The Old Water

2004

Thornton Dial, Sr. (American, 1928–2016)

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Object Details

Title:

The Old Water

Date:

2004

Artist:

Thornton Dial, Sr. (American, 1928–2016)

Medium:

Steel, tin, wood, wire, cloth, carpet, driftwood, wood trellis, barbed wire, enamel, spray paint, and Splash Zone compound

Dimensions:

7 feet × 12 feet 2 1/2 inches × 44 inches (213.4 × 372.1 × 111.8 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Purchased with the McNeil Acquisition Fund for American Art and Material Culture, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection, 2017

Accession Number:

2017-229-18a,b

Geography:

Made in Bessemer, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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