id:			438335
accession number:	2021.21
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.21
updated:		2025-02-28 12:24:42.898000

Untitled, 1996. Wolfgang Laib (German, b. 1950). Beeswax, wooden understructure; 142.9 x 114 x 54 cm (56 1/4 x 44 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund in honor of the artist's grandson, Sirius Nathanael Laib 2021.21

title:				Untitled
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creation date:			1996
creation date earliest:		1996
creation date latest:		1996
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creditline:			Gift of Agnes Gund in honor of the artist's grandson, Sirius Nathanael Laib
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culture:	Germany
technique:	beeswax, wooden understructure
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Mixed Media
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CREATORS

* Wolfgang Laib (German, b. 1950)  - artist

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measurements: 142.9 x 114 x 54 cm (56 1/4 x 44 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	“laib 96”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '“Wolfgang Laib: Nowhere – Everywhere,” Sperone Westwater, New York, 2 May – 13 June 1998', 'opening_date': '1998-06-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '“Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective,” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 26 October 2000 – 22 January 2001; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 13 February – 6 May 2001; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 29 May – 2 September 2001; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, 7 October – 6 January 2002; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla and San Diego, CA, 25 January – 21 April 2002; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 8 October 2002 – 5 January 2003 (catalogue)', 'opening_date': '2000-10-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist
	date: 1996
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	Private Collection, Dallas, TX
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	Private Collection
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ottmann, Klaus, Wolfgang Laib, Margit Rowell, Harald Szeemann, Margit Rowell, American Federation of Arts, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, et al. <em>Wolfgang Laib : A Retrospective</em>. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  pp. 93, 188. [The work is incorrectly dated 1999.]
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/43790363

	Ottmann, Klaus, Wolfgang Laib, Margit Rowell, Harald Szeemann, Margit Rowell, American Federation of Arts, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, et al. 2000. <em>Wolfgang Laib : A Retrospective</em>. New York: American Federation of Arts.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  pp. 93,188.
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/43790363

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