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Background to a Way of Life

KOPPEL, Heinz
Background to a Way of Life
Image: © Heinz Koppel/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 25874

Creation/Production

KOPPEL, Heinz
1919-1980
Role: Artist
Period: 1968

Measurements

Height (cm): 41
Depth (cm): 72
Width (cm): 72
Height (cm): 73
Depth (cm): 37
Width (cm): 37
Height (cm): 116
Depth (cm): 159
Width (cm): 159

Material

Perspex

Location

In store
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  • Abstract
  • Black
  • Construction
  • Fine Art
  • Fine Art
  • New Media
  • Post 1945
  • Sculpture
  • Welsh Connection
  • Yellow

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