Artist
Allen Ruppersberg (American, born 1944)American, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The New Five Foot Shelf
Date2001
Made inUnited States
MediumFifty self-published books with additional loose pages inserted and forty-four posters
DimensionsOverall: dimensions variable
Fifty books, each: 8 × 5 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (20.3 × 13.3 × 3.2 cm)
Forty-four posters, each: 57 11/16 × 35 7/16 in. (146.5 × 90 cm)
Fifty books, each: 8 × 5 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (20.3 × 13.3 × 3.2 cm)
Forty-four posters, each: 57 11/16 × 35 7/16 in. (146.5 × 90 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc. and Isabel B. Wilson in honor of Clinton T. Willour
Object number2005.222.1-.72
Not on view
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Exhibition History"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.
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