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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Man Ray Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1890-1976 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Man Ray Creator Name: Spoerri, Daniel Creator Role: Fabricator Creator Name-CRT: Daniel Spoerri Title: Objet indestructible Title Type: Title Title: Indestructible Object Title Type: Title Variation Title: Object To Be Destroyed View: Full View Edition: 85/100 Creation Start Date: 1923 Creation End Date: 1923 Creation Date: 1923 Object Type: Sculpture Materials and Techniques: Metronome with cutout photograph of eye on pendulum Parts and Pieces: 96.173a-bAccessory 2,Metronome box cover,9 1/16 x 5 3/8 x 5/16 in.(23.02 x 13.65 x .79 cm. ); 96.173a,a) Metronome with gelatin silver print and paper clip,a) Metronomewith gelatin silver print and paper clip; 96.173b,b) Cover with metal plate,b) Cover with metal plate; 96.173a-bAccessory 1,Metronome box, velvet lined,9 13/16 x 5 7/16 x 5 7/16CLG Dimensions: 96.173a 8 1/2 x 5 x 4 1/2 in.(21.59 x 12.7 x 11.43 cm. )96.173b 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. Inscriptions: Metal plate on b), incised: objet / in- / destructible / 1923- / 19OCH 11/01/1996 ,Fragile ,a): Photograph and paper clip move on the pendulum but shouldremain in current placement; loss on top of metronome; photograph edges worn; rustfrom paper clip on photograph; metronome sides show vertical cracks in paint;mechanism dusty; b): scratches made by hook in paint; metal plate scratched , Description: 1965 recreation by Daniel Spoerri under the artist's supervision of destroyed 1923 original Orientation/Arrangement: Metronome box cover: The metronome pendulum should be released and cocked to one side, withthe metronome cover set flat at one side. Instructions for opening the metronome box is filedin the 5th floor Cataloguing Office. a) Metronome with gelatin silver print and paper clip b) Cover with metal plate. Metronome box, velvet lined: AMICA Contributor: Whitney Museum of American Art Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 96.173a-b Credit Line: Purchase, with funds from the Katherine Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund andthe Modern Painting and Sculpture Committee Rights: http://www.whitney.org/information/rights.shtml Provenance: Collection of the artist, 1965 -Collection Vera and Arturo Schwarz, MilanCollection Lo?c Malle, Paris, - 1996 Context - Person: Malle Loïc Context - Person: Man Ray Context - Person: Modern Painting and Sculpture Committee Context - Person: Shubert, Katherine Schmidt, Purchase Fund Context - Person: Spoerri Daniel Context - Date: 1923 - 1923 Related Work Description: PERPETUAL MOTIF, 1971, ed. 40 (metronome with round eye),illus. in Schwarz, MAN RAY: THE RIGOUR OF IMAGINATION,1977, p. 218, cat. no. 332 (double-printed image of ablinking eye that opens and closes as it swings back and forth) AMICA ID: WMAA.96.173a-b Component Measured: object Measurement Dimension: height Measurement Value: 21.59 Measurement Unit: cm Measurement Dimension: width Measurement Value: 12.70 Measurement Dimension: depth Measurement Value: 11.43 AMICA Library Year: 2003 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright Whitney Museum of American Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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