Box Candy
- Date
- 1974
- Material
- Painted and chromium-plated steel
- made in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Metalwork, sculpture
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- approximate: 41 x 42 x 39 in. (104.1 x 106.7 x 99.1 cm)
weight: 142 lb. (64.4 kg) - Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Harold Joseph
- Rights
- © 2013 Fairweather & Fairweather LTD / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Object Number
- 61:1976
NOTES
Compressed pieces of automobile sheet metal, painted by the original manufacturer in shades of green, off-white, brown, and orange, give form to a visually poetic assemblage.
Chamberlain finds beauty in these discarded car parts. Salvaged from a junkyard, the scraps are altered and fitted together so that welding by the artist is not necessary. Only when the sculpture was completed, did the artist weld the pieces together as a means of reinforcement.
Chamberlain finds beauty in these discarded car parts. Salvaged from a junkyard, the scraps are altered and fitted together so that welding by the artist is not necessary. Only when the sculpture was completed, did the artist weld the pieces together as a means of reinforcement.
Provenance
- 1975
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY [1]
1975
Ronald Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO [2]
- 1976
Dr. Harold and Sharon Joseph, St. Louis, MO
1976 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift from Dr. Harold and Sharon Joseph [3]
Notes:
[1] In the 1986 catalogue raisonné the Leo Castelli Gallery is referenced as owner [Julie Sylvester, et al., John Chamberlain, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculpture, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1986, cat. # 486].
[2] See note [1]. The work was shown from April 6–29, 1975 at the exhibition"John Chamberlain" at the Ronald Greenberg Gallery.
[3] Letter of Acceptance, dated August 5, 1976 [SLAM document files]; and the Minutes of the Collection Committee of the Saint Louis Art Museum, June 24, 1976
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY [1]
1975
Ronald Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO [2]
- 1976
Dr. Harold and Sharon Joseph, St. Louis, MO
1976 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift from Dr. Harold and Sharon Joseph [3]
Notes:
[1] In the 1986 catalogue raisonné the Leo Castelli Gallery is referenced as owner [Julie Sylvester, et al., John Chamberlain, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculpture, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1986, cat. # 486].
[2] See note [1]. The work was shown from April 6–29, 1975 at the exhibition"John Chamberlain" at the Ronald Greenberg Gallery.
[3] Letter of Acceptance, dated August 5, 1976 [SLAM document files]; and the Minutes of the Collection Committee of the Saint Louis Art Museum, June 24, 1976
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