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Alfonso Ossorio (1901-1985)
Prototem
signed, titled and dated '"PROTOTEM" OSSORIO 1960' (on the reverse)
oil, sand, metal, wood, bone, shell, glass and mirror shards on masonite
96 x 24 in. (243.8 x 60.9 cm.)
Executed in 1960.
Prototem
signed, titled and dated '"PROTOTEM" OSSORIO 1960' (on the reverse)
oil, sand, metal, wood, bone, shell, glass and mirror shards on masonite
96 x 24 in. (243.8 x 60.9 cm.)
Executed in 1960.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the present owner
Literature
B. H. Friedman, Alfonso Ossorio, New York, nos. 43 and 111 (illustrated, detail illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Betty Parsons Gallery, February-March 1961.
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