Fire Screen and Tools
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Tom Otterness American, born 1952. Fire Screen and Tools, 1994. Bronze with brown patina and tinted glass, 48 × 36 × 2 in. (121.9 × 91.4 × 5.1 cm) pc1 (doors): 35 1/4 × 47 1/2 × 4 in. (89.5 × 120.7 × 10.2 cm) pc2 (blowpipe): 31 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (80 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm) pc3 (poker): 32 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (82.6 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm) pc4 (broom): 34 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (86.4 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm) pc5 (shovel): 35 × 4 × 3 1/2 in. (88.9 × 10.2 × 8.9 cm) pc6. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lillian Heidenberg, 2023.31. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2023.31_overall.jpg)
Artist
Title
Fire Screen and Tools
Date
1994
Medium
Bronze with brown patina and tinted glass
Classification
Dimensions
48 × 36 × 2 in. (121.9 × 91.4 × 5.1 cm) pc1 (doors): 35 1/4 × 47 1/2 × 4 in. (89.5 × 120.7 × 10.2 cm) pc2 (blowpipe): 31 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (80 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm) pc3 (poker): 32 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (82.6 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm) pc4 (broom): 34 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (86.4 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm) pc5 (shovel): 35 × 4 × 3 1/2 in. (88.9 × 10.2 × 8.9 cm) pc6
Inscriptions
c. Tom Otterness 1994
Credit Line
Gift of Lillian Heidenberg
Accession Number
2023.31
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