| Title |
Art: Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena [003] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 63, Special Lecture Japan General, 69 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1970 |
| Subject |
Sculpture--California--Pasadena--Photographs; Painting--California--Pasadena--Photographs; Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena--California--Pasadena--Photographs; Pasadena Museum of Modern Art--California--Pasadena--Photographs; Pasadena Art Museum--California--Pasadena--Photographs; Irwin, Robert, 1928---Photographs; California; Museums; Art |
| Keywords |
Fine arts |
| Spatial Coverage |
Pasadena (Calif.) |
| Description |
Photograph of "Untitled" by Robert Irwin (b. 1928, Long Beach, California; lives and works in San Diego, California), probably one of series created between 1966 and 1969, acrylic lacquer on formed acrylic plastic (with central band), dimensions vary, possibly 54 in. (137.2 cm) diameter if piece in photograph is the one that is part of collection at Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
| Caption on Slide |
Untitled work by Robert Irwin, 1969-70, assembled plastic construction. Photograph with flash minus the shadows cast from lighting. At Pasadena Art Museum, 1969-70, Pasadena, California, U.S.A. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "The history of the Norton Simon Museum begins with the Pasadena Art Institute. The Institute was founded in 1922 and incorporated two years later on August 14, 1924 as a privately endowed, nonprofit institution...In April, 1954, the Institute changed its name to the Pasadena Art Museum and concentrated its efforts on the acquisition and exhibition of modern art... On March 1, 1973, the Museum again changed its name. It [then] became the Pasadena Museum of Modern Art...On June 24, 1974 the Museum closed for renovation. After combining the Pasadena Art Museum and Norton Simon collections, it reopened on March 1, 1975. In October of that year, the name of the institution changed to the Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena."--Museum History, Norton Simon Museum website. Note: "Irwin's disc paintings of 1966-69 erase the distinction between painting and sculpture. The subtly sprayed, convex discs are lit with low-intensity spotlights, which dematerialize their edges. Free-floating apparitions without visible support, the discs fuse with their background and the surrounding ambience. These works invite viewers to contemplate an indefinite, glowing composite of light and shadow that suggests pure energy rather than form or image."-- Norton Simon Museum website. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Rob't Irwin ""untitled"" 1968 plastic-assembled construct. Photog. with flash minus the cast shadows from lighting. At P.A. Mus. 1969-70 Pasadena? USA" Note: Date.Original provided as 1970. |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61g147t |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
340596 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61g147t |
