X Roads

About the Artwork

Title X Roads

Artwork Date 1994

Artist Willie Bester

Life Dates born 1956

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. South African

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Mixed media: oil paint, photographs, wire, tin cans, newsprint

Dimensions Overall: 35 1/16 × 66 1/8 × 4 5/16 inches (89.1 × 168 × 11 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Gift of The Collection of Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman, and Jerome and Ellen Stern

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2017.76

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