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Decanter (sculpture)

Coordinates: 29°43′37.2″N 95°23′25.8″W / 29.727000°N 95.390500°W / 29.727000; -95.390500
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Decanter
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ArtistFrank Stella
Year1987 (1987)
TypeSculpture
MediumStainless steel, bronze, carbon steel
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
Coordinates29°43′37.2″N 95°23′25.8″W / 29.727000°N 95.390500°W / 29.727000; -95.390500

Decanter is an outdoor 1987 sculpture by Frank Stella, installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in the U.S. state of Texas. It is made of stainless steel, bronze, and carbon steel, and was purchased using monetary contributions from the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund.[1] According to the museum, the piece "offers a exuberant collage of forms which bursts out into space".[2]

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  1. ^ "Frank Stella, Decanter, 1987". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Artworks: Construction in Space". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.