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Joel Shapiro

Model for Two Houses

Maker

Joel Shapiro (American, b. 1941)

Title

Model for Two Houses

Year

2000

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

primer, wood

Geography

Place Made: Western

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"

Credit / Object Number

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

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Fifty Works for Rhode Island
Jul 20, 2012 – Dec 02, 2012

Label copy

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.

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Tombstone

Joel Shapiro (American, b. 1941)
Model for Two Houses, 2000
White primer on wood
26.7 x 42.9 x 38.1 cm (10 1/2 x 16 7/8 x 15 inches) including base
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 2009.59.34

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