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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.337.2.7
People
Pierre Huyghe (Paris, France born 1962)
Title
Eduard F. Sekler (first director of the Carpenter Center and chronicler of the building)
Classification
Performance Artifacts
Work Type
performance artifact
Date
2004
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/320539

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood, foam, fabric, hair, paint, string, and metal
Dimensions
56 x 21 x 10.2 cm (22 1/16 x 8 1/4 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Pierre Huyghe created for Harvard Art Museum "Huyghe + Courbusier: Harvard Project" 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase in part through the Graham Gund Exhibition Fund, Marian Goodman Gallery, Harvard University President and Provost's Discretionary Fund, John and Frances Bowes, Anonymous, LEF Foundation, José Soriano Fund, Etant donnés:The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art, Anthony and Celeste Meier Exhibitions Fund, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (from the French-American Cultural Exchange), Marty Hale and Gabriella DeFerrari
Copyright
© Pierre Huyghe / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.337.2.7
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Marionette puppet of Eduard F. Seckler (first director of the Carpenter Center and chronicler of the building); used in the performance of "This is not a time for dreaming" 2004.

Publication History

  • Ingrid Schaffner and Carin Kuoni, The Puppet Show, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA, 2008)

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Verification Level

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