Medium
limpet shell, cockle shell, mussel shell, tellin shells, mother-of-pearl, synthetic polymer clay, metal alloy
Measurements
(a) 9.5 × 8.5 × 2.6 cm (limpet)
(b) 3.5 × 4.0 × 1.7 cm (cockle)
(c) 8.5 × 4.0 × 1.5 cm (mussel)
(d) 3.6 × 4.2 × 1.5 cm (striped tellin)
(e) 7.5 × 7.5 × 2.7 cm (orange tellin)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Gallery Funaki, 2019
© Benedikt Fischer
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Halle, Germany
Inscription
(a) incised in rear u.c.: BF 2018
(b) incised in rear u.c.: BF 2018
(c) incised in rear c.: BF / 2018
(d) incised in rear u.c.: BF 2018
(f) incised in rear u.c.: BF 2018 AMS / MAI
Accession Number
2019.413.a-e
Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture
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