id:			172527
accession number:	2015.30.c
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.30.c
updated:		2023-08-24 11:35:36.755000

Wild Things, 2011. Haim Steinbach (American, 1944-). Mega Munny vinyl bull; plastic laminated wood shelf, plastic Massimo Giancon "Mr. Cold" soap dispenser, vinyl "Mega Munny," vinyl bull "Where the Wild Things Are" figure, rubber dog chew; overall: 46.5 x 34.3 x 27.7 cm (18 5/16 x 13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller 2015.30.c

title:				Wild Things
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creation date:			2011
creation date earliest:		2011
creation date latest:		2011
current location:		001A ArtLens Exhibition
creditline:			Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller
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culture:	America, 21st century
technique:	Mega Munny vinyl bull; plastic laminated wood shelf, plastic Massimo Giancon "Mr. Cold" soap dispenser, vinyl "Mega Munny," vinyl bull "Where the Wild Things Are" figure, rubber dog chew
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Haim Steinbach (American, 1944-)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 46.5 x 34.3 x 27.7 cm (18 5/16 x 13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed on shelf verso
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Artlens Exhibition 2019
	opening date:   2019-06-11T04:00:00
	<i>Artlens Exhibition 2019</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
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fun fact:
Many of this artist's works consist of arrangements of mass-produced objects, displayed on shelves of his own design.

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wall description:
How does a seemingly random group of objects—products of society’s wants and needs—relate to each other? Haim Steinbach has been asking this question for several decades through his sculptures comprised of consumer objects he purchased or found and gathered onto shelving. The title of the work has been borrowed from the children’s tale Where the Wild Things Are to which the figure of the bull belongs. Each object has been given human characteristics, calling attention to the personal feelings and attention we invest in inanimate, replaceable things.
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