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From Continent to Continent

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Object Details

Artist
Mario Merz, Italian, b. Milan, 1925–2003
Provenance
SteinGladstone Gallery, New York, to 26 April 1990
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1990
Exhibition History
STEIN GLADSTONE, New York. "Anselmo, Chamberlain, Fabro, Flavin, Judd, Kounnellis, Long, Merz, Nauman,” 1990, no. 3, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Recent Acquisitions: 1989-1991," 8 October 1991-5 January 1992, unpublished checklist, no. 41.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
Published References
UNSIGNED. "La Chronique des Arts," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no. 1466 (March 1991), p. 92.
WILSON, JANET. "Heavenly Hodgepodge: At the Hirshhorn, Trotting Out the 'Recent Acquisitions,'" Washington Post (25 October 1991), page B8.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1990
(1985)
Accession Number
90.6
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Steel, glass, neon, clay, metal cables, electrical wire, and transformer
Dimensions
66 x 135 x 135 in. (167.6 x 342.9 x 342.9 cm)
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Arte Povera
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Record ID
hmsg_90.6
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
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