Harvard Art Museums > 2010.573: Untitled Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Untitled (Doris Salcedo) , 2010.573,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/337096. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text Salcedo’s sculpture implies the presence of an absent body. In works such as this, the artist uses domestic objects, altered so that they no longer function as intended, to confront issues of social injustice and political violence. Suggestive of the chairs used for brutal state interrogations, this work serves as a witness to the lives lost in Colombia’s civil war. Salcedo created wax and paper models in Bogotà, then had the steel parts fabricated in a New York foundry and shipped back to Colombia, where she reconfigured the sculpture in her studio, fastidiously hand carving wood grain into the seat and legs. While one could sit in the chair, its open back and cold surface render it uninviting; one back corner is crumpled, as if someone had used the chair as a weapon. Subtle traces of violence emanate from this common object, indelibly incised on its stainless steel surface. Identification and Creation Object Number 2010.573 People Doris Salcedo, Colombian (Bogota, Colombia born 1958) Title Untitled Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 2004-2005 Places Creation Place: South America, Colombia Culture Colombian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/337096 Physical Descriptions Medium Stainless steel Technique Carved Dimensions 106.7 x 40.6 x 38.1 cm (42 x 16 x 15 in.) 96 pounds Provenance Recorded Ownership History Doris Salcedo created, 2005; Alan and Alison Schwartz, Toronto (2005-2010), sold; [through Alexander and Bonin, New York]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Cowles, by exchange Copyright © Doris Salcedo Accession Year 2010 Object Number 2010.573 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Mary Schneider Enriquez, Doris Salcedo, and Narayan Khandekar, Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2016), p. 139, ill. (color) Exhibition History Portrait/Homage/Embodiment, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 11/03/2006 - 06/30/2007 Re-View: European and American Art Since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2011 - 06/01/2013 32Q: 1120 Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 10/13/2016 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024 Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/04/2016 - 04/09/2017 Related Articles Art Talk: Doris Salcedo—Sculpture as Witness February 4, 2021 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
