The Objectification of Suicide
Artist: Peter Nagy (American, born 1959)
Date: 1986
Medium: Photocopies on cardboard box
Dimensions:
9 1/4 × 17 5/8 × 4 3/4 in. (23.5 × 44.7 × 12.1 cm)
Classification: 3-D Object/Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps
Object number: 2020-14.11
Not on view
DescriptionThis corrugated, brown cardboard box lays with flaps open on its left and right side. The opening of the box faces away from the viewer. The only visible decoration on the box are two photocopied strips of white paper tape, placed on the center body of the box. Each piece of tape is printed with an identical column of four black and white images. Two images from each piece of tape are visible on the side of the box, while the other two images are visible on the bottom of the box. The images are simplified versions of artworks, each captioned underneath with the artist and title in the following order: DUCHAMP / Fontaine / MALEVICH / White on White / WARHOL / Campbell's Soup / LEVINE/ Mondrian.
Public Website: No
© Peter Nagy
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