About the Artwork
Wallpaper ("I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art")
1971, printed 2000
John Anthony Baldessari
1931 - 2020
American
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Screen print on wallpaper
Overall (rolled): 27 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (69.2 × 3.8 cm)
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Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.444
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Markings
Inscribed, in pencil, on label: 7100BD [or 8D?]
Yellow sticky notes attached, in pen: John Baldesarri | wall covering | “I will not make any | more boring art” | date? | gift of Joanne Hendricks | to Gil & Lila 2000 Label, printed, on roll: JOHN BALDESARRI | WALLCOVERING | SINGLE ROLL Inscribed, in pencil, on label: 7100BD [or 8D?]
Provenance
2000, gift of Joanne Hendricks;2000-2020, 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 2023
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John Anthony Baldessari, Wallpaper ("I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art"), 1971, printed 2000, screen print on wallpaper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.444.
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