Step Piece

1970

Vito Acconci

Associated Names
Vito Acconci

Artist, American, 1940 - 2017

This is a photograph of a visual and textual documentation of a performance art piece. The image features a sequence of five black and white photographs at the top showing an individual interacting with a small stool, accompanied by typed documents and handwritten notes below. The series of photos captures a step-by-step motion of someone climbing onto and stepping off of the stool. Below the photographs, there are four typed documents with text detailing specific dates and times related to performances, instructions, or data submissions. Surrounding these documents are handwritten notes and diagrams that appear to offer further explanation or context.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    5 gelatin silver prints and 4 sheets of type-written paper, mounted on board with annotations in black ink

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.17.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York, gift to NGA in 1994

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 1.

1997

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (formerly Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery), University of Texas, Austin, 1997.

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), Portland (Oregon) Art Museum, 1997.

1998

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland, 1998.

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1998.

2016

  • Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1975

  • Painting, Drawing and Sculpture of the '60s and the '70s from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1975: p. 7.

1994

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 1.

Inscriptions

lower right in felt-tip pen: Vito Acconci; various notiations overall

Wikidata ID

Q64171468

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