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Dry Season
Dry Season

Dry Season

Artist (Nigerian, 1975)
Date2009
Geographic OriginNigeria
DimensionsOverall: H 67 x W 14 3/4 in. (H 170.2 x W 37.5 cm)
Overall (Part B, tallest and widest points): H 67 x W 12 in. (H 170.2 x W 30.5 cm)
Overall (Part C, tallest and widest points): H 68 x W 10 1/2 in. (H 172.7 x W 26.7 cm)
Overall (Part D, tallest and widest points): H 40 x W 40 in. (H 101.6 x W 101.6 cm)
Overall (Part E, tallest and widest points): H 55 1/2 x W 10 in. (H 141 x W 25.4 cm)
Overall (Part F, tallest and widest points): H 68 x W 11 1/2 in. (H 172.7 x W 29.2 cm)
Overall (Part G, tallest and widest points): H 55 1/2 x W 13 in. (H 141 x W 33 cm)
Overall (Part H, tallest and widest points): H 68 x W 12 in. (H 172.7 x W 30.5 cm)
Overall (Part I, tallest and widest points): H 64 1/2 x W 11 1/2 in. (H 163.8 x W 29.2 cm)
Overall (Part J, tallest and widest points): H 61 x W 11 1/2 in. (H 154.9 x W 29.2 cm)
Overall (Part K, tallest and widest points): H 40 1/2 x W 10 in. (H 102.9 x W 25.4 cm)
Overall (Part L, tallest and widest points): H 37 x W 16 in. (H 94 x W 40.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase 2011 Wallace M. Scudder Bequest Fund and Eleanor S. Upton Bequest Fund
Object number2011.19A-L
Copyright© Nnenna Okore
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Object NameSculpture
Title Details
Artist title Dry Season
ProvenanceNnenna Okore, Chicago, Illinois, 2009 - 2011; David Krut Projects, New York, New York, until 2011.Exhibition History"Present Tense: Arts of Contemporary Africa," permanent installation, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (installed 2011).
"Nnenna Okore: Torn Apart," David Krut Projects, New York, New York (April 28 - June 4, 2011).

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