About the Artwork
Carl Andre uses ordinary materials, such as pieces of uncarved wood, to create his sculptures, arranging them in simple, geometric patterns that are held together by gravity and balance. He positioned the solid pieces of wood in a rectangular shape and did not use any color to preserve the purity of the wood's natural state.
Tomb of the Golden Engenderers
1976
Carl Andre
1935 - 2024
American
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Western red cedar wood
Installed: 36 × 108 × 36 inches (91.4 × 274.3 × 91.4 cm) Overall (each unit): 12 × 12 × 36 inches (30.5 × 30.5 × 91.4 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Matching Museum Purchase Grant
78.68
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1978-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Tuchman, P. "Background of a Minimalist: Carl Andre." Artforum 16, no. 7 (1978): pp. 29-33.
Carl Andre. Exh. cat., Whitechapel Art Gallery. London, 1978, pp. 12-13 (ill.).
Carl Andre Wood. Exh. cat., Van Abbemuseum. Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 1978, no. 73 (ill.).
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Carl Andre, Tomb of the Golden Engenderers, 1976, western red cedar wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Matching Museum Purchase Grant, 78.68.
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