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Robert M. Wilson

Stalin Chairs, 1977

Description

Maker

  • Robert M. Wilson, b. 1941, American

Culture

American

Title

Stalin Chairs

Year

1977

Medium

Lead over fiberglass armature

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lead,
  • fiberglass

Dimensions

83.8 x 154.9 x 129.5 cm (33 x 61 x 51 inches)

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

The Albert Pilavin Memorial Collection of 20th Century American Art

Object Number

83.151.2

Projects & Publications

Publications

Furniture, Furnishings

Subject and Object

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

United Histories

March 23 - August 12, 2018

This pairing combines a Windsor chair—a design associated with colonial America—with a two-part sculpture inspired by Wilson’s 12-hour opera The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (1973). Together, these works suggest how the past, present, and future history of the United States has been affected by its relationship with Russia, from the Cold War to controversies surrounding the most recent presidential election. The placement here echoes the seating arrangements at meetings between heads of the two states.

[see also: 2003.138.1]

Twentieth-Century Sculpture from the Collection

June 7 - August 18, 1996

From the Reserve II

June 24 - August 27, 1994

The Moderns

August 6, 1993 - March 13, 1994

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