Spirit of Tarnish
Date
(1959-1960)
Artist
Jean Dubuffet, French, b. Le Havre, 1901–1985
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich 1963
Exhibition History
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.
See more items in
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Postwar European
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.1456
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Metal foil, papier mache, and nails
Dimensions
15 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. (38.4 x 14.9 x 10.8 cm) on plexiglass base: 3 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (9.5 x 15.4 x 11.4 cm)
