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The sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz with “Agora,” her assemblage of 106 cast-iron figures installed in 2006 in Grant Park in Chicago.
M. Spencer Green/Associated Press; thumbnail, Raphael Gaillarde/Gamma-Rapho, via Getty Images, 2004
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Died on April 20, 2017 at age 86
A Polish sculptor, Ms. Abakanowicz transformed sisal and burlap into brooding forms that evoked the weight of political oppression, the desperation of the individual and the sufferings of the natural world.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.