Carlos Cruz-Diez, French, b. Caracas, Venezuela, 1923–2019 Search this
Medium:
Drywall, paint, fluorescent lights, and plastic
Dimensions:
156 × 604 × 292 in. (396.2 × 1534.2 × 741.7 cm)
Type:
Installation
Date:
1965/refabricated 2010
Provenance:
Cruz-Diez Atelier, Paris, to 24 July 2012
Joint acquisition of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Purchased by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2012; Purchased by The Museum of Contemporary Art with funds provided by the Acquisition and Collection Committee.
Exhibition History:
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Los Angeles. "Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space," 12 December 2010-27 February 2011, pl. 105-109. Tour: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 23 June-11 September 2011.
Published References:
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 236, p. 264.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joint acquisition of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Purchased by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2011-2012; Purchased by The Museum of Contemporary Art with funds provided by the Acquisition and Collection Committee.
