BILL BELL

YEAR

1973

DIMENSIONS

96″ high, rods 3 square; base 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 1/2

MATERIALS

Beryllium copper & bronze

FROM

Staemplfli Gallery NY

LOCATION

Butler Institute of American Art

DESCRIPTION

Initially used to summon my secretary to my office; when they clanged she would come! But at the museum, no one was allowed to clang it, not even the owner! “Don’t touch!,” yells the guard.