Image courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: EPW Studio

Twelfth Copper Corner

1975

Carl Andre

American, 1935 - 2024

Copper, 78 units

Each: 3/16 x 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (0.5 x 49.8 x 49.8 cm)

Overall, assembled: 3/16 x 236 x 236 in. (0.5 x 599.4 x 599.4 cm)

Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2008.28

Provenance: The artist; acquired via [Paula Cooper Gallery, New York], by exchange, by Virginia (1929-2020) and Bagley Wright (1924-2011), Seattle, Washington, 2008; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2008

Image courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: EPW Studio

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryWashington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery, Carl Andre, Richard Long, Barry LeVa, Dec. 11, 1976 - Jan. 30, 1977.

Austin, Texas, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Carl Andre: Sculpture 1959-1977, Jan. 1 - Feb. 19, 1978 (Cincinnati, Ohio, Contemporary Arts Center, Mar. 2 - Apr. 16, 1978; Buffalo, New York, Albright-Knox Gallery, July 8 - Aug. 20, 1978; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 9, 1978 - Jan. 14, 1979; La Jolla, California, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, Feb. 2 - Mar. 18, 1979; Berkeley, California, University Art Museum, May 9 - June 24, 1979; Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, July 18 - Sept. 3, 1979; Montréal, Québec, Musée d’art contemporain, Oct. 15 - Nov. 23, 1979; Boston, Massachusetts, Institute of Contemporary Art, Jan. 7 - Feb. 17, 1980). Cat. no. 12, pp. 60-61, reproduced.

New York, New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Sculpture Exhibition: Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Tony Smith, May 4 - June 4, 1988.

New York, New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Carl Andre: Prospective Retrospective, Oct. 10 - Nov. 24, 1996.

Beacon, New York, Dia:Beacon, Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958-2010, May 4, 2014 - Mar. 9, 2015. Checklist no. 20.

Published ReferencesCarl Andre. Exh. Cat. The Hague: Haags Gemeentemuseum and Eindhoven: Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, 1987; p. 92, reproduced p. 91.

Buskirk, Martha. The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003; pp. 27-30, reproduced p. 28.

Carl Andre: Sculptures 1958-2011. Catalogue raisonné [CD-ROM]. Belgium, Brussels: Registry Carl Andre, 2011; cat. no. 1975-46, p. 119, reproduced.

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