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27 march 1994 seattle , wa brian jungen , -lsb- http://ericalord.com/home.html erica lord -rsb- seattle , wa 250px university of washington american larry beck sculpture 20 may 1938 lawrence james beck
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lawrence james beck

larry beck -lrb- may 20 , 1938 -- march 27 , 1994 -rrb- , full name lawrence james beck , was an american sculptor born in seattle , washington .
beck was one quarter native alaskan , a cause of both conflict and inspiration during his career .
his work ranged from industrial assemblages and happenings in the 60 's to large , abstract public commissions in the 70 's to yup ` ik masks inspired by traditional yup ` ik pieces , but rendered with modern industrial and manufactured materials which he began in the 80 's and was working on up until his death .
