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Milja Laurila

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

On View: Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Northeast (Herstory gallery), 4th floor
MEDIUM UV photograph on Plexiglas, shelf
DATES 2015
DIMENSIONS 22 7/16 × 74 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (57 × 189.2 × 12.1 cm) sheet (b): 18 × 9 1/4 in. (45.7 × 23.5 cm) sheet (c): 22 3/16 × 13 1/2 in. (56.4 × 34.3 cm) sheet (d): 16 1/16 × 10 1/4 in. (40.8 × 26 cm) sheet (e): 21 1/2 × 12 in. (54.6 × 30.5 cm) sheet (f): 19 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (49.8 × 34.9 cm) sheet (g): 22 × 11 5/8 in. (55.9 × 29.5 cm)  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 2023.52.11a-h
CREDIT LINE The Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum
CAPTION Milja Laurila (Finnish, born 1982). Observatory, 2015. UV photograph on Plexiglas, shelf, 22 7/16 × 74 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (57 × 189.2 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum, 2023.52.11a-h. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photo: Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl, CUR.2023.52.11a-h_Sir_Mark_Fehrs_Haukohl.jpg)
EDITION Edition: 1/5 + 2AP
IMAGE overall, CUR.2023.52.11a-h_Sir_Mark_Fehrs_Haukohl.jpg. Photo: Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl, 2023
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Milja Laurila (Finnish, born 1982). <em>Observatory</em>, 2015. UV photograph on Plexiglas, shelf, 22 7/16 × 74 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (57 × 189.2 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum, 2023.52.11a-h. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photo: Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl, CUR.2023.52.11a-h_Sir_Mark_Fehrs_Haukohl.jpg)