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Walter De Maria

Chicago Project, from S.M.S. No. 1

1968

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  • Artist Walter De Maria (American, 1935–2013)
  • Title Chicago Project, from S.M.S. No. 1
  • Date 1968
  • Medium Mixed media
  • Dimensions unframed | 11 x 8 1/2 in.
  • Credit line University purchase, 1990
  • Object number WU 1990.13.1 B.v

Postwar Prints and Multiples: Investigating the Collection
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 02/02/2018 - 04/16/2018

1990
Randall Galleries

Inscription Textual component: DEC.1967 // PAGE ONE // PROJECT: / ART BY TELEPHONE EXHIBITION / CHICAGO: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART / MARCH 2 – 31, 1968 // A STANDARD BLACK DESK MODLE TELEPHONE IS INSTALLED AT THE END OF A / 25 to 50 FT. BLACK INSTALLATION CORD. // THE TELEPHONE IS PLACED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR – NO PEDESTAL – IN OR / NEAR THE CENTER OF THE EXHIBITION AREA. THE CORD IS STRETCHED TIGHT / AND HELD DOWN WITH THE FEWEST NUMBER OF STAPLES DEEMED NECESSARY FOR / SAFETY. // NO OBJECT MAY BE PLACED WITHIN 5 FEET OF EITHER SIDE OF THE CORD, / NOR WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE TELEPHONE /// DIAGRAMS A,B,AND C SHOW THREE POSSIBLE INSTALLATIONS. / A. TO BE USED IF NOT A LARGE AMOUT OF SPACE IS AVAILABLE. / B. TO BE USED IF A LARGE SPACE IS AVALABLE / C. TO BE USED IF INDIVIDUAL BAYS OR ROOMS ARE USED. // DOTS SHOW THE FIELD OF CLARITY. // THE TELEPHONE IS INSTALLED SO THAT NO ONE CAN CALL OUT ON IT. NO DIAL TONE. / NO NUMBER APPEARS ON THE PHONE. // ONLY THE ARTIST HAS THE NUMBER OF THE TELEPHONE. / HE MAY CALL INTO THE MUSEUM DURING THE HOURS OF THE EXHIBITION AT RANDOM INTERVALS. // CONTINUED PAGE TWO

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