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Two wooden panels in the shape of an arched doorway, decorated with depictions of dark, leafles…
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Two wooden panels in the shape of an arched doorway, decorated with depictions of dark, leafless trees and opened to reveal the distorted text on a book topped with a piece of wood to match the curve of the other pieces of wood, engraved with scattered letters “AFA” and “HI”.

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Artist Jim Conaway (American, born 1932)
Date1996
Mediumbook with polychromed wood, pigment, and gold foil
ClassificationsMixed-media object
DimensionsObject Size HxWxD: 12 1/2 × 12 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.
Credit LineGift of Margareta Löhr in memory of her beloved son Helmut
Object number2012.1.19
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