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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.281.1
People
Michael Silver, American (Brooklyn NY 1947 - 2003)
John Cage, American (Los Angeles, CA 1912 - 1992 New York, NY)
Title
John Cage's "Edible Drawing" cooked and eaten - August 31, 1995 in the Gardner Museum's cafe
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1995
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189322

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mixed media on paper
Dimensions
sight: 45.5 x 38 cm (17 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: signed l.r. in graphite: Michael Silver 95
  • inscription: recto; under "edible drawing" remnants, graphite: John Cage's "Edible Drawing"/Cooked/and/eaten-/August 31 - 1995/in the/Gardner/Museum's/Cafe.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Bernie Toale, Rugg Road Papers & Prints, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Michael Silver, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1992, sold; to Richard Sullivan and Melody Bostick Sullivan, Sante Fe, New Mexico (through Ebay), 1999, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift from the Collection of Richard S. Sullivan and Melody Bostick Sullivan
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.281.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Remnants of one of Cage's edible drawings, glued to stiff white board with inscription underneath in graphite "John Cage's "Edible Drawing" Cooked and Eaten- August 31 - 1995 in the Gardner Museum's Cafe. Attached to the board are a knife and fork at either side of the inscription. Two additional, small sections of drawing are attached to the board beside the knife and fork.

Publication History

  • Edward Saywell, "Teaching with Paper: The Fogg Art Museum", Hand Papermaking (Winter 2005), vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 35-38, pp. 36-37, repr. p. 36

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