Heidi Kumao
Kept

ArtistAmerican, born 1964
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Kept
Date1993
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver film transparency
Dimensionso/a (needs to be remeasured): 72 × 48 × 24 inches (182.8 × 121.9 × 60.9 cm)
.A, cabinet: 22 1/2 × 23 13/16 × 6 1/16 inches (57.1 × 60.5 × 15.4 cm)
.B, table top: 3/4 × 35 1/16 × 19 1/8 inches (1.9 × 89.1 × 48.5 cm)
.C, carousel: 3 1/2 × 10 inches (8.9 × 25.3 cm)
.D, box of papers: 4 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 9 15/16 inches (11.4 × 31.1 × 25.2 cm)
.E, metal box: 5 × 6 9/16 × 4 5/16 inches (12.7 × 16.7 × 10.9 cm)
.F (I), .G (III), .H (IIII), .I (II) wood legs [Roman numeral markings written by artist on wood legs and underside of table as match marks during loan LN:98.17]: 20 15/16 × 3 × 2 1/2 inches (53.1 × 7.8 × 6.3 cm)
.J, extra fan: 1 7/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/8 inches (3.6 × 6 × 6 inches)
.K, lens: 2 × 2 1/4 inches (5.1 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number97.283.A-.L
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Heidi Kumao," at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, March 14-May 31, 1998 (LN:98.17)

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The cabinet of the installation is signed in black ink, inside lid of metal box: "Kept / 1993 / (Sweeping) / Heidi Kumao."

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