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Refusing viewers’ access to a specific identity or interior psychological state, <i>A.M.X. </i>contested the historical conventions of sculptural portraiture. The Museum acquired <i>A.M.X.</i> the year it was made, reflecting its increasing openness to artistic radicalism.\n","remarks":"ORI_06_CLA.pdf - Day 1 installation"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"[Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York (NY), by July 9, 1970]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, July 9, 1970.","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1969,"sortnumber":"1970   13y","published_date":"2026-03-31 02:23:44.171867","objectid":31543,"dimensions":"35 × 18.7 × 24 cm (13 3/4 × 7 3/8 × 9 7/16 in.)\r\nwith base: 42.8 × 18.7 × 24.8 cm (16 7/8 × 7 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)","on_view":true}