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Bruce Nauman, American, b. 1941
Elliott’s Stones, 1989
Granite
Si× stones, each appro×imately: 3 ¾ × 39 7/8 × 25 5/8 in. (9.5 × 101.3 × 65.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gerald S. Elliott Collection, 1995.2.a-f
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago of
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