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MATTHEW MONAHAN (b. 1972)

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MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in. MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in. MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in. MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in. MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in. MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in. MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in. MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in. MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in.
MATTHEW MONAHAN - Nation Builder - cast bronze - 107 x 62 x 27 in.
Nation Builder2010107 x 62 x 27 in. cast bronze
Provenance
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Idaho, 2010
Literature
Raphaela Platow with Douglas Fogle and Matthew Monahan, “Matthew Monahan” Hatje Cantz 2001, pg. 27
Nancy Princenthal, “Sculpture in a contracted Field,” Art in America, October 2010, pg. 167
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