East Building Tower Level, Roof Terrace
Artwork overview
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Medium
painted glass fiber-reinforced polyester resin on stainless steel armature
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 440.06 × 440.06 × 149.86 cm (173 1/4 × 173 1/4 × 59 in.)
gross weight: 740.044 kg (1631.5 lb.) -
Accession Number
2020.23.1
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; purchased 2015 through (Matthew Marks Gallery, New York) by The Glenstone Foundation, Potomac, Maryland; gift 2020 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2013
Katharina Fritsch: Hahn / Cock, Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London, 2013-2015.
2016
Loan to display with permanent collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016-2020.
Bibliography
2016
Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2016: XV.
2021
Donovan, Molly. "Katharina Fritsche, Hahn/Cock." Art for the Nation no. 63 (Spring/Summer 2021): 24-25, fig. 22.