ID: 700008500 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008500	Record Type: Movable Work

Erosion (sculpture (visual work); Anatsui, El (Ghanaian painter, sculptor, and mixed-media art...; 1992; National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United State...; 96-36-1)

Titles:

Erosion (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

African art

Creation Date: 1992

Creator Display:

Anatsui, El (Ghanaian painter, sculptor, and mixed-media artist, born 1944) [preferred,VP]

artist Anatsui, El (Ghanaian painter, sculptor, and mixed-media artist, born 1944) [500034780]

Locations:

Creation: Ghana [1000166] Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 96-36-1

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Display Materials: Wood, paint, woodchips, sawdust

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	paint (coating) [300015029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	woodchips [300012837]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, <wood by product>)

	sawdust [300012834]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, <wood by product>)

Dimensions: 297.2 cm (117 in.)

Cultures:

Ghanaian (preferred)

General Subject:

nonrepresentational art (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Erosion	........ [VP]
	........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 13 May 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 13 May 2015