Fire Screen and Tools
Tom Otterness
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Decorative Art, 20th-Century Decorative Arts, 4th Floor
MEDIUM
Bronze with brown patina and tinted glass
DATES
1994
DIMENSIONS
48 × 36 × 2 in. (121.9 × 91.4 × 5.1 cm)
pc1 (doors): 35 1/4 × 47 1/2 × 4 in. (89.5 × 120.7 × 10.2 cm)
pc2 (blowpipe): 31 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (80 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm)
pc3 (poker): 32 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (82.6 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm)
pc4 (broom): 34 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (86.4 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm)
pc5 (shovel): 35 × 4 × 3 1/2 in. (88.9 × 10.2 × 8.9 cm)
pc6 (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS
c. Tom Otterness 1994
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2023.31
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Lillian Heidenberg
PROVENANCE
Before 2023, acquired by Lillian Heidenberg; 2023, gift of Lillian Heidenberg to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Decorative Art, 20th-Century Decorative Arts, 4th Floor
CAPTION
Tom Otterness (American, born 1952). Fire Screen and Tools, 1994. Bronze with brown patina and tinted glass, 48 × 36 × 2 in. (121.9 × 91.4 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lillian Heidenberg, 2023.31 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2023.31_overall.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2023.31_overall.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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