Artist
Jean Tinguely (Swiss, 1925–1991)Swiss, 1925–1991
CultureSwiss
Titles
- Moulin à prières (Prayer Wheel)
Date1954
Made inFrance
MediumSteel wire, wood base, and electric motor
Dimensions29 1/2 × 21 × 14 in. (74.9 × 53.3 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by D. and J. de Menil
Object number65.12
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 102
On view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Tinguely: Meta," Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, December 10, 1964–January 9, 1965.
"Jean Tinguely: Sculptures," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 3–May 16, 1965.
"Two Kinetic Sculptors: Jean Tinguely and Nicholas Schoeffer," The Jewish Museum, New York, November 17, 1965–January 2, 1966.
"The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age," Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 15, 1968–February 9, 1969, 1969; Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, March 25–April 18; San Francisco Museum of Art, June 23–August 24, 1969.
"7+5: Sculptors of the 50s," Art Galleries of the University of California, Santa Barbara, January 6–February 15, 1976; Phoenix Art Museum, March 5–April 11, 1976.
"Western European Art: The Postwar Decade 1945-1955," Des Moines Art Center, September 18–October 29, 1978.
"Jean Tinguely Exhibition," Kunsthaus, Zurich, June 10–August 8, 1982; Tate Gallery, London, September 8–November 11, 1982; Palais Beaux-Arts, Brussels, December 15, 1982–January 30, 1983; Musee d' Art & Histoire, Geneva, February 23–April 10, 1983.
"Collection: A Texas Phenomenon," McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, November 21–December 24, 1986.
Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland, October 1, 1996–October 30, 1997.
"Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 13–September 3, 2001.
"Jean le Jeune," Museum Jean Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland, September 10, 2002–March 30, 2003.
"Experiments with Truth: Gandhi and Images of Nonviolence," The Menil Collection, Houston, October 2, 2014–February 1, 2015.
"Jean Tinguely and Jesús Rafael Soto," Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Inaugural Exhibition, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 2020–ongoing.
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