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Self-portrait as three rectangular volumes each divided proportionally between a black area representing life lived and a white area representing life to come, based on statistical life expectancy
Self-portrait as three rectangular volumes each divided proportionally between a black area representing life lived and a white area representing life to come, based on statistical life expectancy

Self-portrait as three rectangular volumes each divided proportionally between a black area representing life lived and a white area representing life to come, based on statistical life expectancy

Creator Micah Lexier (Canadian, born 1960)
Date1995
Mediumplastic laminate on wood
Dimensionseach: 84.2 x 28.2 x 56 cm (33 1/8 x 11 1/8 x 22 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Martin Allan, 2006
Category
    Object number2007/5
    LocationNot currently on display

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