Combien pour ce Chapeau?, 1987

細節

LOUISE LAWLER (B.1947)
Combien pour ce Chapeau?, 1987
sequence of 3 gelatin silver prints with printed overmatts
each signed, titled, dated and numbered '4/5' in pencil, credit stamp on verso
each image: 17 x 21 7/8in. (43.3 x 55.6cm.); each overmatt: 28 x 32in. (71.1 x 81.2cm.) (3)

來源

With Metro Pictures, New York.

展覽

Power: Its Myths and Mores in American Culture, 1961-1991, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 5 September--3 November 1991; Akron Art Museum, 18 January--22 March, 1992; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 11 May--12 July, 1992.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Lawler's conceptual practice often reflects upon the meaning of value, and how it shifts in different contexts, whether social, mercantile or artistic. This work, which uses printed captions to signify differences in interpretation, points to the range of values society can apply to the same object: devoid of context, it is just an old hat; in the shop, it takes on monetary value; and in the museum, it is transformed into a relic of historical importance.