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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Richard MacDonald , Butterfly, Life, 2007
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Richard MacDonald , Butterfly, Life, 2007
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Richard MacDonald , Butterfly, Life, 2007
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Richard MacDonald American, b. 1946

Butterfly, Life, 2007
Bronze
84" x 66" x 46"
LIF014NU
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Considered by many to be one of the most iconic works in the collection, Butterfly represents the culmination of two decades of work by the artist. This introspective and emotional...
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Considered by many to be one of the most iconic works in the collection, Butterfly represents the culmination of two decades of work by the artist. This introspective and emotional work addresses the cycle of life through the metamorphosis of the butterfly. Combining the use of texture, patina, and the baroque spiral, MacDonald constructs this unique story. With his hands and arms forming an abstract butterfly, the mime becomes the butterfly and in releasing the butterfly symbolically sets himself free.

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