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John Gerald Balsley
(American, born 1944)
Cows Seen Basking in the Magic Shadow of the Great Dead Barber Pole (With Oozing Blue Gungus), 1971
Mixed media on wood
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Tom Alexander III, 1974.83
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Dimensions
Overall: 23 × 20 × 7 in. (58.4 × 50.8 × 17.8 cm)
Accession Number
1974.83
Classifications
sculpture
Provenance
Artist. Alexander-Suggs Gallery, St. Louis, MO; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1974]
Cows Seen Basking in the Magic Shadow of the Great Dead Barber Pole (With Oozing Blue Gungus)
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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