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John Chamberlain

American sculptor

Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
Chamberlain is known for his large abstract sculptures fashioned out of scrapped automobile parts.

Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500118724.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.

Objects related to John Chamberlain:

John Chamberlain Untitled, 1973 Lithograph on Mylar
John Chamberlain Flashback #2, 1977 Lithograph printed in gold, silver, light green, dark green, red, and blue inks on white Arches paper
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/art35455 is a persistent link to this page with no user-session information.

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