Untitled, preparatory drawing for the installation “Body-Space-Reflexes”
- Date
- 1984
- Material
- Graphite and ink wash on paper
- made in
- Berlin, Berlin state, Germany, Europe
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (29.5 x 21 cm)
- Credit Line
- Partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard, the Earl and Betsy Millard Collection
- Rights
- © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Object Number
- 55:2003
NOTES
This sketch for an installation was inspired by Renaissance alchemy. Rebecca Horn organized her project around the body of a woman, whose round head is depicted above center. Below the woman's head, Horn drew a pool of mercury, which is an alchemical sign of the female spirit. At left she drew a sulfur puddle, a symbol for the male soul. At right is a pendulum hanging over a goose egg. Horn wrote at bottom right "controlled by the goose egg," indicating her interest in relationships between female fecundity (the egg) and male impulse (the pendulum). This drawing is the artist's visualizion of the physiological and emotional aspects of human sexuality and desire.
Provenance
1984 -
Rebecca Horn, Berlin, West Germany
- 1992
CRG Art Incorporated, New York, NY, USA
1992 -
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from CRG Art Incorporated [1]
2003 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard [2]
Notes:
The primary source of provenance is Betsy Millard [information for appraisals form, SLAM document files]. Other supporting documents are noted.
[1] Invoice dated May 25, 1992 [SLAM document files].
[2] The terms of this partial and promised gift are detailed in the contract between Betsy Millard and the Saint Louis Art Museum [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2003.
Rebecca Horn, Berlin, West Germany
- 1992
CRG Art Incorporated, New York, NY, USA
1992 -
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from CRG Art Incorporated [1]
2003 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard [2]
Notes:
The primary source of provenance is Betsy Millard [information for appraisals form, SLAM document files]. Other supporting documents are noted.
[1] Invoice dated May 25, 1992 [SLAM document files].
[2] The terms of this partial and promised gift are detailed in the contract between Betsy Millard and the Saint Louis Art Museum [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2003.
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