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Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view3_bw_SL1.jpg)
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Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view3_bw_SL1.jpg)
Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view3_bw_SL1.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view3_bw_SL1.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view1_bw_SL1.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view1_bw_SL1.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_PS2.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_PS2.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view2_bw_SL1.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view2_bw_SL1.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_detail1_PS2.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_detail1_PS2.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_detail2_PS2.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_detail2_PS2.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view4_bw_SL1.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view4_bw_SL1.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_detail3_PS2.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_detail3_PS2.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_detail4_PS2.jpg)

Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_detail4_PS2.jpg)

Agriope's Room

Gonzalo Fonseca

Contemporary Art

ARTIST Gonzalo Fonseca, Uruguayan, 1922-1997
MEDIUM Marble
DATES 1968
DIMENSIONS Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm) Marble sculpture: 12 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 11 in. (31.1 × 31.8 × 27.9 cm) Base: 48 × 20 × 20 in. (121.9 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Unsigned
COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 71.55
CREDIT LINE Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). Agriope's Room, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view3_bw_SL1.jpg)
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Gonzalo Fonseca (Uruguayan, 1922-1997). <em>Agriope's Room</em>, 1968. Marble, Overall: 60 1/4 × 20 × 20 in. (153 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor, 71.55. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.55_view3_bw_SL1.jpg)

TAGS

1968
abstract
Architectural
block
block-like
box
Boxy
figure
head
hidden spaces
installation
man
marble
mysterious
rectangle
Strange
texture
Weird
wood
wooden

TAGS

1968
abstract
Architectural
block
block-like
box
Boxy
figure
head
hidden spaces
installation
man
marble
mysterious
rectangle
Strange
texture
Weird
wood
wooden

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