Untitled
- Artist
- Georg Herold, German, born 1947
- Date
- 1987
- Material
- Buttons and thread on primed canvas
- Classification
- Mixed media
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 18 x 23 in. (45.7 x 58.4 cm)
framed: 19 5/8 x 25 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (49.8 x 64.8 x 3.5 cm) - Credit Line
- Partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard, the Earl and Betsy Millard Collection
- Rights
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Object Number
- 49:2003
NOTES
Georg Herold stitched buttons onto this canvas. Though they appear measured and ordered—like a code meant to be broken—there is no overarching pattern to the arrangement. By using unconventional materials and a random composition, Herold playfully upsets expectations of what can be considered an art object. This subversion also functions as a sarcastic comment on the ever-expanding contemporary art world, inviting viewers to actively question what they see and the context within which a work of art is displayed.
Provenance
1987 -
Georg Herold [1]
1987 - 1991
Koury Wingate Gallery, New York, NY, USA [2]
Deborah D. and Robert J. Dodds III, Pittsburgh, PA [3]
May 1,1991 -
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, purchased at auction from Sotheby's, Lot no. 160 [4].
2003 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard [5].
Notes:
[1] Sotheby's: Contemporary Art, Part II, 1999, lot 160.
[2] See note [1].
[3] See note [1].
[4] See note [1].
[5] The terms of this partial and promised gift are detailed in the contract between Betsy Millard and the Saint Louis Art Museum [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2003.
Georg Herold [1]
1987 - 1991
Koury Wingate Gallery, New York, NY, USA [2]
Deborah D. and Robert J. Dodds III, Pittsburgh, PA [3]
May 1,1991 -
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, purchased at auction from Sotheby's, Lot no. 160 [4].
2003 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard [5].
Notes:
[1] Sotheby's: Contemporary Art, Part II, 1999, lot 160.
[2] See note [1].
[3] See note [1].
[4] See note [1].
[5] The terms of this partial and promised gift are detailed in the contract between Betsy Millard and the Saint Louis Art Museum [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2003.