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Untitled, two coffins

By Mary Down 2006

Mary Down

Dimensions
188cm x 65cm x 40cm

For several years I have been making boxes, wooden boxes, lead boxes, work inside boxes, boxes glazed with plate glass, boxes covered in sof glove leather…and of course the ultimate box is a coffin.

Mary Down

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