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Temple of Style: The Barbara Jakobson Collection
LAWRENCE WEINER (1942-2021)
WATER UNDER A BRIDGE
Details
LAWRENCE WEINER (1942-2021)
WATER UNDER A BRIDGE
language + the materials referred to
installation dimensions variable
Executed in 1986.
WATER UNDER A BRIDGE
language + the materials referred to
installation dimensions variable
Executed in 1986.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006
Literature
A. Rose, "The Return of Arthur R. Rose," Arts Magazine, February 1989, p. 49 (illustrated).
L. Gloor, T. Kellein and J. Ammann, eds., Die Geschichte des Basler Kunstvereins und der Kunsthalle Basel 1839-1988: 150 Jahre zwischen vaterländischer Kunstpflege und modernen Ausstellungen, Basel, 1989, n.p. (illustrated).
P. Devlin, New York: Behind Closed Doors, Layton, 2017, pp. 172 and 178 (illustrated).
L. Gloor, T. Kellein and J. Ammann, eds., Die Geschichte des Basler Kunstvereins und der Kunsthalle Basel 1839-1988: 150 Jahre zwischen vaterländischer Kunstpflege und modernen Ausstellungen, Basel, 1989, n.p. (illustrated).
P. Devlin, New York: Behind Closed Doors, Layton, 2017, pp. 172 and 178 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Lawrence Weiner: WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE, November 1986.
Project Łodz, Utopia and Reality, 1986-1987 (public installation).
Mexico City, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Leo Castelli y sus artistas: XXX años de promoción de arte contemporáneo, June-October 1987.
Youngstown, Butler Institute of American Art, Leo Castelli: A Tribute Exhibition, June-September 1987.
St. Pieterstraat, International Etalgeproject, Symmetry '88, January-December 1988.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE, November 2007-July 2008, p. 399, no. 544.
Beijing, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Lawrence Weiner: A PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ASAP, July-October 2024.
Project Łodz, Utopia and Reality, 1986-1987 (public installation).
Mexico City, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Leo Castelli y sus artistas: XXX años de promoción de arte contemporáneo, June-October 1987.
Youngstown, Butler Institute of American Art, Leo Castelli: A Tribute Exhibition, June-September 1987.
St. Pieterstraat, International Etalgeproject, Symmetry '88, January-December 1988.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE, November 2007-July 2008, p. 399, no. 544.
Beijing, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Lawrence Weiner: A PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ASAP, July-October 2024.
Further Details
This work is accompanied by a letter of responsibility.
The work may be manifested in whatever form and format appropriate for its use: installed in language or physically built. Today, the work is most commonly installed in vinyl or installed by a commissioned sign painter using either a stencil or painted freehand. The work could also be physically built or performed as described in the language of the work itself. The Lawrence Weiner Estate is available for advice and assistance with designing new or alternative presentations and can provide a new vector for these; they charge a nominal fee. Fabrication costs are the responsibility of the collector.
The work may be manifested in whatever form and format appropriate for its use: installed in language or physically built. Today, the work is most commonly installed in vinyl or installed by a commissioned sign painter using either a stencil or painted freehand. The work could also be physically built or performed as described in the language of the work itself. The Lawrence Weiner Estate is available for advice and assistance with designing new or alternative presentations and can provide a new vector for these; they charge a nominal fee. Fabrication costs are the responsibility of the collector.
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