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Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel Plexigram I-VIII

Plexigram I - 109/125

Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel Plexigram I-VIII

1969

John Cage

American, 1912-1992

Eight Plexigrams composed of eight panels of Plexiglas set into a walnut base; two bronze and six clear Plexiglas panels per set
Each assembled Plexigram: 14 1/2 x 24 x 14 1/2 in. (36.8 x 61 x 36.8 cm)
Each Plexigram plate: 14 x 20 x 1/8 in. (35.6 x 50.8 x .3 cm)
Each base: 14 1/2 x 24 x 3/4 in. (36.8 x 61 x 1.9 cm)
General Acquisition Fund
2015.22.1
Provenance: James Cohan Gallery, New York
Plexigram I - 109/125
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryPasadena, California, Norton Simon Museum, Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel: An Artwork by John Cage, September 24, 2010-March 28, 2011

Palo Alto, California, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel: John Cage Plexigrams, June 13-November 11, 2012

Claremont, California, Pomona College Museum of Art, Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel: John Cage Plexigrams, October 23-December 16, 2012

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