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Joel Shapiro

Model for Two Houses, 2000

Description

Maker

Title

Model for Two Houses

Year

2000

Medium

White primer on wood

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

26.7 x 42.9 x 38.1 cm (10 1/2 x 16 7/8 x 15 inches) including base

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed on bottom of base in black pen: "Joel Shapiro 'Model for Two Houses' 2000"

Place

Western

Type

Credit

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services

Object Number

2009.59.34

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

July 20 - December 2, 2012

In this study created for a commission in Orléans, France, two white houses are flipped on an angle and joined in a seemingly precarious balance, as if in permanent fall. The corner of the lower house is intersected by the base of the sculpture, its center of gravity hovering over the point of impact.

Use

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