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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.149
People
Hito Steyerl, German (Munich, Germany born 1966)
Title
The Empty Centre
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Die leere Mitte
Classification
Audiovisual Works
Work Type
audiovisual work
Date
1998
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379664

Physical Descriptions

Medium
16mm shown on video, color, sound, transferred to digital
Dimensions
Dimensions vary with installation

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York], sold; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2023.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Copyright
© Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.149
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lynette Roth, ed., Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2024), pp. 139-140 ill. (color), 171 ill. (color), 179.

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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