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| Title: | The Last Day of Martin Luther King |
| Date: | 1992 |
| Artist: | Thornton Dial, Sr. (American, 1928–2016) |
| Medium: | Wood, carpet, rope carpet, wire screen, metal pans, broken glass, broom, mop cords, cloth, string, enamel, and Splash Zone compound on canvas on wood |
| Dimensions: | 6 feet 8 inches × 9 feet 5 1/2 inches × 4 1/2 inches (203.2 × 288.3 × 11.4 cm) |
| Classification: | Sculpture |
| Credit Line: | Purchased with the George W. Elkins fund, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection, 2017 |
| Accession Number: | 2017-229-17 |
| Geography: | Made in Bessemer, Alabama, United States, North and Central America |
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