Tomb of the Golden Engenderers

Carl Andre American, 1935 - 2024
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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)

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Published References

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.

Tomb of the Golden Engenderers
Tomb of the Golden Engenderers