Harvard Art Museums > 2001.234: The White One #2 Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The White One #2 (Marietta Hoferer) , 2001.234,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/173245. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2001.234 People Marietta Hoferer, German (Hausach, Germany born 1962) Title The White One #2 Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 2000 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/173245 Physical Descriptions Medium Collage: white masking tape, clear pressure-sensitive tape, and graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions 91.6 x 91.8 cm (36 1/16 x 36 1/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Mariette Hoferer, New York, NY, sale, 8. Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky, New York NY, purchase, 8, gift. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky Accession Year 2001 Object Number 2001.234 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. Descriptions Commentary New York based artist Marietta Hoferer studied at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. This piece is representative of a larger body of work in which fragments of opaque and transparent tapes overlie graphite grids. From a distance, the tape forms a meticulously mapped and rhythmic pattern. Closer inspection of the pristine, geometric surface reveals something more human, however: hand-cut pieces of tape that are only roughly square (some of whose edges lift from the support), lint and graphite fingerprints caught on transparent tape. Hoferer relates the repetitive application of tape to paper with labor, passage of time, and meditation. It is particularly evocative of weaving, which the artist notes, "is linked to processes of labor performed by women in the past.' 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
