Vik Muniz (born Brazil, 1961). <em>[Untitled] (Spaghetti Medusa) (Medusa Marinara)</em>, 1999. Hard-paste porcelain with enamel, 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arnold and Pamela Lehman, 2015.56.8. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of the artist, CUR.2015.56.8_Muniz_photograph.jpg)

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Vik Muniz (born Brazil, 1961). [Untitled] (Spaghetti Medusa) (Medusa Marinara), 1999. Hard-paste porcelain with enamel, 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arnold and Pamela Lehman, 2015.56.8. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of the artist, CUR.2015.56.8_Muniz_photograph.jpg)

[Untitled] (Spaghetti Medusa) (Medusa Marinara)

Contemporary Art

PORTFOLIO/SERIES Peter Norton Family Christmas Project

ARTIST Vik Muniz, born Brazil, 1961

PRODUCER Bernardaud (Limoges, France)

MEDIUM Hard-paste porcelain with enamel

DATES 1999

DIMENSIONS 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 2015.56.8

CREDIT LINE Gift of Arnold and Pamela Lehman

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION After the head of Medusa from Caravaggio's painting of the snake-haired Gorgon from Greek mythology, "Medusa" painted in ca. 1597

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Vik Muniz (born Brazil, 1961). [Untitled] (Spaghetti Medusa) (Medusa Marinara), 1999. Hard-paste porcelain with enamel, 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arnold and Pamela Lehman, 2015.56.8. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of the artist, CUR.2015.56.8_Muniz_photograph.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.2015.56.8_Muniz_photograph.jpg. Image courtesy of the artist, 2015

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