Do Your Own Concert

1969

Juan Downey

Artist, American, born Chile, 1940 - 1993

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Barrett M. Linde, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Washington Art on Paper: 1962-1978, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1979

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 259, no. 1707.

2017

  • Crouch, Robert and Ciara Ennis. Juan Downey: Radiant Nature. Exh. cat. Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA,, 2017: p. 26.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: March 28, 1969 / Downey; lower center in graphite: "Do Your Own Concert" Pressing the buttons or touching / the two plates at the same time, records elec- / tronic music that will be played back later / Sculpture conceived June '68; various graphite notations overall

Watermarks

CAPRI / ITALY

Wikidata ID

Q64591560

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