Cast Ice: Freezing and Melting, January 3, 4, 5...1969

1969

Hans Haacke

Associated Names
Hans Haacke

Artist, German, born 1936

The image shows irregular patches and lines across a textured surface. The central area resembles a cracked sheet of glass or frozen lake with fractures running through it. Surrounding this central shape are dark, uneven forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Glenstone Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.24 × 24.13 cm (6 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 × 25.08 cm (8 × 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.127.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hans Haacke, New York; (Curt Marcus Gallery, New York); Mitchell P. Rales, Potomac, MD, 2001; Gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, October 11, 2003- January 4, 2004; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, February 8-May 11, 2004.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, top left corner in graphite: Cast Ice.. 1969 / Hans Haacke

Wikidata ID

Q64154710

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