To Be Appreciated Only When It's Broken

1988

Yoko Ono Japanese American, born 1933

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Title To Be Appreciated Only When It's Broken

Artwork Date 1988

Artist Yoko Ono

Life Dates born 1933

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

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Medium Bronze with patina

Dimensions Overall (Metal Plate): 11 × 14 1/4 × 1/8 inches (27.9 × 36.2 × 0.3 cm) Overall (Rope): 12 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/8 inches (30.5 × 5.7 × 2.9 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2021.350

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Yoko Ono, To Be Appreciated Only When It's Broken, 1988, bronze with patina. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2021.350.

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Mend Piece for John

Multiple makers

1968

Freight Train

Multiple makers

2006

Freight Train

Multiple makers

2006

Fluxus Wall Paper

Yoko Ono

between 1966 and 1973

This Is Not Here

Multiple makers

1971

Everson catalogue box

Multiple makers

1971

Painting to See the Skies

Yoko Ono

1961 - 1989

Insertion Band

American

early 20th century

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Pattern and Sample Book for Girl's Clothing

Mary Cummings

between 1910 and 1935

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Scarf

American

1925

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Pink Bouquet

Anonymous

1928

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Coat

Elizabeth Hawes

1937

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Dress

Elizabeth Hawes

1937

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Dress

American

c. 1947

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To Be Appreciated Only When It's Broken

About the Artwork

Markings

Provenance

Exhibition History

Published References

Catalogue Raisoneé

Credit Line for Reproduction

More by Artist

Mend Piece for John

Freight Train

Freight Train

Fluxus Wall Paper

This Is Not Here

Everson catalogue box

Painting to See the Skies

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Insertion Band

Pattern and Sample Book for Girl's Clothing

Scarf

Pink Bouquet

Coat

Dress

Dress

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