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May 19, 2013

China Art Cart

Noon – 2 p.m.

Title:"Pacific" from the Tzedakah Box series
Artist:Tony Berlant
Date:1998
Creation Place:North America, United States
Credit Line:The John R. Van Derlip Fund, by exchange
Accession Number:98.138
Tony Berlant is probably most famous for his sculptural "paintings", in which he nails found pieces of colored metals to a plywood base to form images. One of these works, called "Mountain Journey," is on view in the outer lobby of the museum. Later, Berlant became well known for using this technique to make small, house-shaped boxes. With a small slit for a coin hole, he transforms some of these sculptures into tzedakah boxes.