Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Spirit Shield (Sections of Window Screen)

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Spirit Shield (Sections of Window Screen)

Used on exterior of Butler's home

1968-70

David Butler, American, 1898 - 1997

Reused perforated aluminum sheet (embossed on reverse), alkyd house paint (left section painted blue on reverse)
Left: 19 1/2 × 8 × 2 1/4 inches (49.5 × 20.3 × 5.7 cm) Right: 20 1/4 × 7 3/4 × 2 1/4 inches (51.4 × 19.7 × 5.7 cm)

* Special Exhibition Galleries, first floor (Dorrance Galleries)

BST-79a,b

The Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection

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Formerly on the exterior of Butler’s home.

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