File:H. C. Westermann - 'Nouveau Rat Trap', 1965.jpg

Nouveau Rat Trap by H. C. Westermann, 1965, birch plywood, rosewood, metal, rubber bumpers, Honolulu Museum of Art accession TCM.2008.32.5

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