H.C. Westermann, Mad House, 1958
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Mad House, 1958
Pine, plywood, glass, brass, galvanized sheet metal, enamel, cast-tin toy, lead soldier, paper decoupage, mirror, and United States penny
39 ¼ × 17 5/8 × 18 3/8 in. (99.7 × 44.8 × 46.7 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro, 1978.5
Photo: James Isberner, © MCA Chicago

Mad House, 1958
Pine, plywood, glass, brass, galvanized sheet metal, enamel, cast-tin toy, lead soldier, paper decoupage, mirror, and United States penny
39 ¼ × 17 5/8 × 18 3/8 in. (99.7 × 44.8 × 46.7 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro, 1978.5
Photo: James Isberner, © MCA Chicago

Mad House, 1958
Pine, plywood, glass, brass, galvanized sheet metal, enamel, cast-tin toy, lead soldier, paper decoupage, mirror, and United States penny
39 ¼ × 17 5/8 × 18 3/8 in. (99.7 × 44.8 × 46.7 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro, 1978.5
Photo: James Isberner, © MCA Chicago
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