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Airplane and Barbed Wire
Details
Chris Burden (b. 1946)
Airplane and Barbed Wire
inscribed 'AIRPLANE and BARBED WIRE' and inscribed 'This plane has over three hundred hours of flight time, and only needs to be recovered in order to fly again.' (on two paper cards)
model airplane, barbed wire, printed paper cards, wood and glass vitrine
16¼ x 31 x 17 in. (41.3 x 78.7 x 43.2 cm.)
Executed in 1979.
Airplane and Barbed Wire
inscribed 'AIRPLANE and BARBED WIRE' and inscribed 'This plane has over three hundred hours of flight time, and only needs to be recovered in order to fly again.' (on two paper cards)
model airplane, barbed wire, printed paper cards, wood and glass vitrine
16¼ x 31 x 17 in. (41.3 x 78.7 x 43.2 cm.)
Executed in 1979.
Provenance
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles
Literature
A. Rawsthom, "Air Apparent", Wallpaper Magazine, March 1999
Exhibited
Newport Beach, Newport Harbor Art Museum; Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art; Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon University Art Gallery, Chris Burden, April 1988-July 1999, p. 98 (illustrated)