Collection T.V. Bra for Living Sculpture

T.V. Bra for Living Sculpture

Charlotte Moorman, Artist Nam June Paik, Artist
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About the Artwork

T.V. Bra for Living Sculpture

1973

Charlotte Moorman (Artist) American, 1933 - 1991 Nam June Paik (Artist) American, 1932 - 2006

Ink on paper

Overall (letter): 11 × 8 1/2 inches (27.9 × 21.6 cm) Mat: 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 61 cm)

Documentary Artifacts

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

2024.73.1

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Signed, in red pencil, on bottom of letter: Charlotte

Letter, inscribed, in red pen, inside a heart outline, on Charlotte Moorman letterhead: DEAR JAN & INGEBORG, | APRIL 3, 1973 | PLEASE FORGIVE | ME FOR NOT MAILING YOU | THESE PHOTOS I PROMISED YOU SOONER – BUT THINGS | HAVE BEEN HECTIC HERE & PAIK HAD TO GO TO | BOSTON TO WORK ON A FILM OF CAGE HE’S TRYING | TO GET AIRED ON EDUCATIONAL TV. | ENCLOSED ARE THE PHOTOS & SOME | PROPAGANDA. I’VE TAKEN VARIOUS REVIEWS OF THE | TV BRA [underlined] & TV CELLO [underlined] TO THE PHOTOSTATER TO | MAKE COPIES FOR YOU & WILL MAIL THEM | DAY AFTER TOMORROW. | CHRISTO’S “COLORADO PROJECT | FILM” WAS BEAUTIFUL [underlined] (RIZZOLLI SCREENING | ROOM TODAY)! | I LOVE YOU, Inscribed, in black ink, center verso of mat: Charlotte Mooreman [sic]| T.V. Bra |prov. Jan van der Marck

Provenance

Jan van der Marck;
-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2024

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Charlotte Moorman; Nam June Paik, T.V. Bra for Living Sculpture, 1973, ink on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.73.1.

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