Cat. No. 566 (multiple)
Untitled multiple, from ACT UP Art Box
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 1994
- Associated Work:
- ACT UP Art Box (View All)
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Objects
- Techniques:
- Other
- Description:
- Multiple of silicone rubber
- Dimensions:
- overall: 2 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 7" (6.8 x 13 x 17.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB © 94" underside of object, stamped.
"Louise Bourgeois" center sheet colophon, pencil. - Inscription:
- "MAF 94" underside of object, stamped.
- Publisher:
- ACT UP, New York
- Edition:
- 95; plus 10 A.P.
- Impression:
- "1/95" black ink, underside of box, unknown hand.
- Benefit Work:
- For ACT UP, New York
- Background:
- The ACT UP Art Box is a fundraising project of ACT UP/New York. ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) is a non-partisan group of individuals, united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. The group organizes demonstrations, meets with government and public health officials, and researches and distributes the latest medical information.
The limited edition "ACT UP Art Box" contains the multiple seen here, and the work of 6 other artists: Ross Bleckner (plastic bird), Mike Kelly (wooden egg), Simon Leung (screenprint on silk), Lorna Simpson (2 glass objects and text), Kiki Smith (glass object and photograph), and Nancy Spero (stamp with hand additions on box lid). The composition on the lid of each "ACT UP Art Box" varies across the edition. To view these works, see the alternate image. - Curatorial Remarks:
- This multiple was manufactured by Robert Spring at the Modern Art Foundry, in Long Island City, New York.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of Agnes Gund
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 316.1994.5
- This Work in Other Collections:
- The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY