Harvard Art Museums > 1985.23: Spiral White Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Spiral White (Günther Uecker) , 1985.23,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299980. The painting is white disc with nails in a spiral which widens from the center outward. The nails are bent to form an angle in a clockwise direction making the spiral more pronounced. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.23 People Günther Uecker, German (Wendorf, Germany born 1930) Title Spiral White Other Titles Original Language Title: Spirale Weiß Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1963 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299980 Location Location Level 1, Room 1100, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Sixties Experiment/Multiple Strategies View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Paint and nails on canvas mounted on wood Dimensions actual: 110.5 x 110.5 x 8 cm (43 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: on verso Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry Copyright © Günther Uecker / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany Accession Year 1985 Object Number 1985.23 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 Dieter Honisch, Uecker, Klett-Cotta (Stuttgart, Germany, 1983), no. 312 Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 99, ill. James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 352-353, repr. color Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997 Exhibition History 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/07/2017 - 01/01/2050 Subjects and Contexts Collection Highlights 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
