The Sorceress
Date
(1961)
Artist
Jean Tinguely, Swiss, b. Fribourg, 1925–1991
Provenance
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, to 16 November 1988
Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1988
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950," 24 October 2013-26 May 2014, cat. Tour: MUSEE D'ART MODERNE GRAND-DUC JEAN, Luxembourg, 5 July-12 October; KUNSTHAUS GRAZ, Austria, 14 November-15 March 2015.
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School
Dada/Fluxus
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1988
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
88.39
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Iron, steel, and paint with aluminum, ceramic, copper, hemp, cotton twine, galvanized wire, springs, electrical wire and rubber, with electric motor
Dimensions
38 x 19 1/2 x 20 3/8 in. (96.4 x 49.4 x 51.7 cm)
