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Grandfather Clock

Grandfather Clock

© Maarten Baas | www.maartenbaas.com | Smoke | Smoke Grandfather Clock

Grandfather Clock
Grandfather Clock
ArtistDutch, born Germany, 1978
Makerthe Netherlands, founded 2005
CultureDutch
Titles
  • Grandfather Clock
  • from the series Where There's Smoke...
Date2004
PlaceNetherlands
MediumOak, metal, glass, epoxy resin, and polyurethane lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 83 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 10 in. (212.1 × 49.5 × 25.4 cm)
 Base (.A): 76 × 9 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (193 × 24.1 × 49.5 cm)
 Other (.B, Hood): 27 × 19 × 10 in. (68.6 × 48.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust
Object number2011.544
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Japan, 2004; [Moss Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"Where There's Smoke...," Moss, New York, 2004.

“Recent Accessions in Design,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 18–August 10, 2014.

"Contemporary Dutch Design: Selections from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 19–November 25, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed on left edge of base in metal letters: BAAS
Metal identification plaque on interior of front door, printed and embossed: "Where There's Smoke" \ created by Maarten Baas for Moss NY \ KLOK.15/05/04
[dated May 15, 2004]

Painted on clock face: 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 [these numbers painted above the corresponding roman numeral] I II III IIII V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII

Painted on date dial of clock face: ??

Painted beneath date? window of clock face: [illegible]

Stamped on the crank: 10

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