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Puett's sculptures are collaborations with bees. He creates a basic structure--machine-like as well as human--upon which bees then form wax structures. He received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1988.

Source: News, September October 1999.


DimensionsOverall: 38 3/4 × 14 × 14 in. (98.4 × 35.6 × 35.6 cm)
Accession Number 1999.10
Classificationssculpture

Images (5)

Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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