Untitled multiple, from ACT UP Art Box

Cat. No. 566 (multiple)

Untitled multiple, from ACT UP Art Box

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
1994
Themes
Body Parts, Objects
Techniques
Other Techniques
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.
Publisher
ACT UP
Edition:
95; plus 10 A.P.
Impression:
"1/95" black ink, underside of box, unknown hand.
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.
Description:
Multiple of silicone rubber
Inscription:
"MAF 94" underside of object, stamped.
Benefit Work:
For ACT UP, 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

Untitled multiple, from ACT UP Art Box

1994

Multiple
Untitled multiple, from ACT UP Art Box

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