University of Oslo VIII
- Photographer
- Candida Höfer, German, born 1944
- Date
- 2000
- Material
- Chromogenic print
- depicts
- Oslo, Oslo county, Norway, Europe
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 234
- Dimensions
- image: 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (59.7 x 59.7 cm)
sheet: 33 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (85.1 x 85.1 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of the Honorable Thomas F. Eagleton and Barbara S. Eagleton
- Rights
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Object Number
- 86:2007
NOTES
"University of Oslo VIII," is one of a series of photographic views that Candida Höfer took of a grand lecture hall at the University of Oslo, Norway. Amidst the strong, regularized geometry of the space, signs of the teacher’s presence can be seen in the lower left corner: a cushion rests askew on a wooden chair while a drooping electrical cord powers a lamp and microphone. These artifacts are humble, dwarfed by their enormous, opulent surroundings, yet essential to the practice of teaching and learning.
Provenance
- 2006
Private collection, Europe, consigned to Philips de Pury auction house, NY [1]
2006 - 2007
The Honorable Thomas F. Eagleton and Barbara S. Eagleton, St. Louis, MO, purchased at auction, Phillips de Pury, New York, April 26, 2006, lot no. 105 [2]
2007 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of the Honorable Thomas F. Eagleton and Barbara S. Eagleton [3]
Notes:
[1] per Phillips de Pury label on backing paper of framed print [SLAM document files].
[2] per Phillips de Pury catalogue "Photographs. New York. April 26, 2006" lot no. 105, and per auction house label on verso of mount, indicating lot and sale number (NY040106).
[3] Deed of gift dated December 7, 2007 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 27, 2007.
Private collection, Europe, consigned to Philips de Pury auction house, NY [1]
2006 - 2007
The Honorable Thomas F. Eagleton and Barbara S. Eagleton, St. Louis, MO, purchased at auction, Phillips de Pury, New York, April 26, 2006, lot no. 105 [2]
2007 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of the Honorable Thomas F. Eagleton and Barbara S. Eagleton [3]
Notes:
[1] per Phillips de Pury label on backing paper of framed print [SLAM document files].
[2] per Phillips de Pury catalogue "Photographs. New York. April 26, 2006" lot no. 105, and per auction house label on verso of mount, indicating lot and sale number (NY040106).
[3] Deed of gift dated December 7, 2007 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 27, 2007.
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