Pan Am Building
- Date
- 1992
- probably made in
- Vienna, Wien state, Austria, Europe
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- installed: 63 3/4 × 33 3/4 × 30 1/4 in. (161.9 × 85.7 × 76.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Betsy Millard, the Earl and Betsy Millard Collection
- Rights
- © Franz West
- Object Number
- 448:2002a,b
NOTES
A bulky papier-mâché pedestal introduces an oddly formal element to the display of this rather informal sculpture, which resembles a figural bust. Its title refers to the Pan Am Building, now the MetLife Building, completed in New York City in 1963. There is little visual correspondence between this work and the actual office tower, except for a certain verticality. However, like the formality of the artwork’s base, its title signals elements of both absurdity and global awareness characteristic of Franz West’s work.
Provenance
- 1993
David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
1993 - 2002
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, purchased from the David Zwirner Gallery [1]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Betsy Millard [2]
Notes:
[1] Hanna Schouwink of the David Zwirner Gallery indicated that the Millards purchased the sculpture in May 1993 from the David Zwirner Gallery [email, dated January 23, 2004, in SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Commissioners, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 4, 2003.
David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
1993 - 2002
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, purchased from the David Zwirner Gallery [1]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Betsy Millard [2]
Notes:
[1] Hanna Schouwink of the David Zwirner Gallery indicated that the Millards purchased the sculpture in May 1993 from the David Zwirner Gallery [email, dated January 23, 2004, in SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Board of Commissioners, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 4, 2003.
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