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Nature Remains
Sculpture
Perforated rusty metal containers formed into letters spelling NATURE REMAINS and containing trash
1481
Metal
Sculpture
AR1481
Ray Beldner
Purchase
Ray Beldner
1993
Object
48 in
720 in
24 in
Collections Manager
Katie Kime
Mar 4, 2024
Found in Artist's file: Ray Beldner said the title comes from a quote by Walt Whitman: After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains