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Beaded Fence
Nek Chand
Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
Beaded Fence
Beaded Fence
Nek Chand
Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
Beaded Fence Nek Chand Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
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Beaded Fence

Artist ((1924–2015))
Date1984
Place/RegionChandigarh, India
MediumClay beads on wire. Over thirty (30) strands
Dimensions18 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2"
Credit LineGift of the National Children's Museum, Washington,D.C., from the Capital Children's Museum Nek Chand Fantasy Garden, in honor of Gerard C. Wertkin, director of the American Folk Art Museum, 1991 to 2004
Accession number2004.25.30
CopyrightCopyright for this work is under review.
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