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Large Bird Shape

Chryssa (American, born Greece, 1933–2013). Large Bird Shape, 1973–75. Neon and Plexiglas, 18 x 36 x 5 inches (45.7 x 91.4 x 12.7 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Frank L. Gentile, 1982 (1982:45). © Estate of Chryssa.

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Chryssa

American, born Greece, 1933-2013

Large Bird Shape, 1973-1975

neon and Plexiglas

overall: 18 x 36 x 5 inches (45.72 x 91.44 x 12.7 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Gift of Frank L. Gentile, 1982

1982:45

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Provenance

from the artist to Frank L. Gentile, Crestwood, Ill., ca. 1979;
donated to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, December 1982

Class

Sculpture (visual work)

Work Type

Construction (sculpture)

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  • Study for "The Gates to Times Square"
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  • Untitled (Regency Towers)
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  • Chinese Flowers Within Squares
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    Blue on Blue, Simple Sign from the portfolio Suite #22

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    Orange, Blue and Red on Grey from the portfolio Suite #22

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    City Scape #4 ,

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    Combination of Greys with Silver in the Sign from the portfolio Suite #22

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    Combination of Greys and Off-white from the portfolio Suite #22

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    Untitled

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    Big Red Sign from the portfolio Suite #22

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    Six untitled prints

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    Combination of Beige, Grey and Light Blue, Simple Sign from the portfolio Suite #22

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    untitled from an untitled portfolio

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    Blue on Blue with a Golden Line from the portfolio Suite #22

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  • No image available,
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  • No image available,
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    Combination of Light Blue with a Silvery Surface from the portfolio Suite #22

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  • No image available,
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  • No image available,
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    Peach on Light Blue from the portfolio Suite #22

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  • No image available,
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  • No image available,
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    Suite #22

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  • No image available,
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    Big Red Sign with Blue and Blue/Green from the portfolio Suite #22

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  • No image available,
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    Combination of Blues, Dark on Right, Lighter on Left from the portfolio Suite #22

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  • No image available,
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    Letter "T" ,

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    Light and Dark Blue, Orange and Red from the portfolio Suite #22

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  • No image available,
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    Combination of Greys with Simple Sign, Light Grey in Middle Flanked by Darker Greys from the portfolio Suite #22

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Animals

Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash)
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Die Wölfe (Balkankrieg) [The Wolves (Balkan War)]
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Carnaval d'Arlequin (Carnival of Harlequin)
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Femme et oiseaux dans la nuit (Woman and Birds in the Night)
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Zum Welttierschutztag (For World Animal Day) from the portfolio Fromage a Durer
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