La Bruyère IV (for John Cage)

1976

Irwin Kremen

Associated Names
Irwin Kremen

Artist, American, 1925 - 2020

The image shows torn and layered rectangular shapes with lines of text creating an abstract composition. Strips of blue lines and remnants of bold black text intersect and overlap on a textured paper surface. The edges of the image are bordered by an orange frame. The peeling layers of paper suggest age or historical depth, reminiscent of peeling paint or old billboards.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage of various papers

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.42 x 12.07 cm (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.116.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Durham; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1978

1979

  • National Collection of Fine Arts, 1979

  • Kresge Art Center Gallery, Michigan State University, 1979

1987

  • Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1987

2007

  • Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2007

Bibliography

1978

  • Collages by Irwin Kremen, National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978: 37.

2007

  • Irwin Kremen: Beyond Black Mountain 1966 to 2006, Durham, N.C.: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2007: 3.

Inscriptions

signed on verso; engraved on the verso of the aluminum mounting base: La Bruyère IV (for John Cage) [underlined] [copyright] I Kremen / 1976

Wikidata ID

Q64574967

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