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Carnival Time

Carnival Time, 1990

  • Mike Kelley, American, 1954 - 2012

Acrylic on masonite

  • Installed: 84 inches × 17 feet 4 inches × 2 3/8 inches (213.4 cm × 5 m 28.3 cm × 6 cm)

Gift of Lannan Foundation

1997.41

Department

Contemporary Art after 1950

Details

Rosamund Felsen Gallery (Los Angeles, California, USA). October 1990, Lannan Foundation (Lannan Number 1990.14, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA). 1997-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Mike Kelley, Carnival Time, 1990, acrylic on Masonite. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lannan Foundation, 1997.41.

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