''Recuerdo de Machu Picchu 3 (Las terrazas)'' ( en, Memory of Machu Picchu 3 (The Terraces)), is an outdoor 1984 oxidized iron sculpture by Colombian artist

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, installed at the

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, in the

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. The sculpture was purchased by the museum with funds provided by the Caribbean Art Fund and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. It measures 55 1/8 x 114 3/16 x 41 5/16 inches.

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