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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Proposal for a Feasible Monument in the Form of Melting Butter
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Proposal for a Feasible Monument in the Form of Melting Butter

Date1972
Object number75.34
Provenance[Jack Glenn Gallery, Newport Beach, California]; purchased by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1975
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistoryVancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, The Seattle Art Museum Lends, Mar. 13 - Apr. 11, 1976. No cat. no. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Five Installations on the Fourth Floor: Varieties of Sculpture, June 26, 1997. Bellingham, Washington, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Decades of Giving: Virginia Wright and Sculpture at Western, Sept. 27, 1999 - Oct. 13, 1999. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pop Departures. Oct. 9, 2014 - Jan. 11, 2015. Text by Catharina Manchanda, et al. No cat. no., p. 102, not reproduced.Published ReferencesUpchurch, Michael. "SAM's Pop Art show full of snap and crackle--and Warhol." The Seattle Times, October 9, 2014.
Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund and Contemporary Art Council of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions14 1/8 x 20 in. (35.9 x 50.8 cm), image and sheet size
MediumWatercolor and crayon on paper
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1950-51
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1980
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1943
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1985
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