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Spent Bullet

1979-2003

Dove Bradshaw

Associated Names

Dove Bradshaw

Artist, American, born 1949

Medium

lead bullet with copper casing mounted on a copper plate
Credit Line

Gift of Michael Straus in honor of Ruth Fine
Dimensions

plate: 30.48 x 26.04 cm (12 x 10 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2010.9.1.1
Series Title

The Art of Dove Bradshaw: Nature, Change and Indeterminacy

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Bradshaw: Limited Edition Box

Dove Bradshaw, Mark Batty Publisher, LLC

2003

Plain Air

Dove Bradshaw

1969

Contingency Pour

Dove Bradshaw

1984

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Michael Straus, Birmingham, Alabama; acquired 2010 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Straus, Michael

Inscriptions

upper right verso scratched in plate: Spent Bullet DB 79/03 35/40

Wikidata ID

Q63863884

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