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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carl Cheng, Alternative TV #9, 1974

Carl Cheng b. 1942 in San Francisco, CA

Alternative TV #9, 1974
Plastic chassis, acrylic water tank, air pump, LED lighting and controller, electrical cord, aquarium hardware, conglomerated rocks, plastic plant(s)
10 x 10.75 x 8 in
25.4 x 27.305 x 20.32 cm
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Reconstruction of a series of 10 TVs into optical rock landscape aquariums for highest definition viewing of new peace channel.
Reconstruction of a series of 10 TVs into optical rock landscape aquariums for highest definition viewing of new peace channel.

Provenance

Shambala Booksellers, Shakespeare and Co., Moe's Books, and Logos Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, 1980.
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