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This object is on display in Restoration Hangar Overlook at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Restoration Hangar Overlook

Object Details

Date

1956

Country of Origin

Italy

Type

ART-Mixed Media

Medium

Shadow Box

Artist

Ruggini Valeri

Physical Description

Shadow box featuring a three-dimensional scene of a balloon aloft over a city with a man sitting on a wall with a dog in the front. The scene is hand-made using textile, paper, paint, plastic, metal, and wood. Scene is under glass in a wood frame that is covered in a decorative paper.

Dimensions

2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 69.2 × 50.8 × 7cm (27 1/4 in. × 20 in. × 2 3/4 in.)

Inventory Number

A20141033000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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