Large Glass/Pigall’s: In Memory of Louis Morin and Marcel Duchamp
Artist
Alan Glass(Mexican, born Canada, 1932)Mexican, born Canada, 1932
CultureMexican
Titles
- Large Glass/Pigall’s: In Memory of Louis Morin and Marcel Duchamp
Date2000
MediumPerforated wooden sheet covered with Plexiglass, postcards, a hoof, a fuzzy breast, a gas lamp, a dancer’s leg, images of other paintings, and a fan
Dimensions74 1/2 × 54 × 11 in. (189.2 × 137.2 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Cullen Family in memory of Roy Henry Cullen
Object number2014.920
Non exposé
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Published References Nonaka, Masayo. Alan Glass. Mexico City: Editorial RM, 2014. Nonaka, Masayo. Alan Glass. Madrid: Turner Publications, 2012. Orenstein, Gloria. “Bee Dreaming: The Surreal Odysseys behind Alan Glass’s Wunderkabinetts-Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, November, 2008 – April 2009.” Journal of Surrealism and the Americas 4:1 (2010), 43-59. The following are other references on the artist: Alberth, Susan Louise. “Review of Zurcidos Invisibles: Alan Glass construcciones y pinturas 1950-2008.” Journal of Surrealism and the Americas 3.1 (2009): 135-138. Blanco, Alberto. “Las jaulas de tiempo: las cajas de Alan Glass.” Artes de México 64 (2003), 6-13. Carrington, Leonora, and Roland Giguère. Alan Glass: 1971–1991. New York: Claude Bernard Gallery, 1991. Genereux, Linda. “Alan Glass: Field Notes on a Migratory Canadian.” Canadian Art 9.3 (Fall 1992): 50-51. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Brass plaque on lower edge: "PIGALL'S" / PARA / LOUIS MORIN / Y / MARCEL DUCHAMP
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