About the Artwork
The Manipulator
1954
Reg Butler
1913 - 1981
English
Unknown
Shell bronze
Height: 65 1/2 inches (166.4 cm)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund
62.278
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Provenance
(Pierre Matisse Gallery)
1962-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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DIA, THE INSTITUTE COLLECTS, Dec 8, 1964-Jan 3, 1965, p 16.
DIA, THE INSTITUTE COLLECTS, Dec 8, 1964 - Jan 3, 1965, p 16.
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Reg Butler, The Manipulator, 1954, Shell bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, 62.278.
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