The Gift and the Inheritance (“Shakespeare’s Works”)

1989

Allen Ruppersberg

Associated Names
Allen Ruppersberg

Artist, American, born 1944

The image shows a single ornate book titled "Shakespeare's Works," featuring elaborate illustrations on its cover and spine. The color palette consists of shades of gray, suggesting a monochrome treatment. The book is positioned diagonally across the image, with the spine facing to the left and the front cover angled slightly upward to the right. It lies on a pale surface, casting a subtle shadow.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christine Burgin Gallery, New York; to Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg, Beverly Hils, CA, February 1990; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • 1991 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 18 - June 30, 1991

1996

  • Where's Al? Magasin, Centre National d'Art contemporain, Grenoble, October 19, 1996 - January 5, 1997

2007

  • Allen Ruppersberg One of Many - Origins and Variants, Kunsethalle Dusseldorf, Dusselfdorf, December 11, 2005 - February 19, 2006, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, April 8 - May 28, 2006, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, June 22 - September 24, 2006, Institut d'art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, November 15, 2006 - January 2007

2009

  • Allen Ruppersberg: You and Me or The Art of Give and Take, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, September 12 - December 19, 2009

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated.

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