About the Artwork
Hibernating Egg: Postoperative State
1994
Mike Kelley
1954 - 2012
American
Unknown
Birch wood, cork, glue, and wood putty
Overall: 4 1/2 × 2 5/8 inches (11.4 × 6.7 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund
1995.21.3
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1995-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Mike Kelley, Hibernating Egg: Postoperative State, 1994, birch wood, cork, glue, and wood putty. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, 1995.21.3.
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