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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.vi

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: PAGE TWO // PROJECT: / ART BY TELEPHONE / CHICAGO: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART / MARCH 2 – 31, 1968 // THE ARTIST WILL THEN TELEPHONE INTO THE EXHIBITION AND OVER THE / PERIOD OF THE MONTH USE $200 WORTH OF TELEPHONE TINS [?] IN CONVERSING / WITH WHICHEVER VISITORS FATE MAY HAVE PLACED NEAR THE TELEPHONE, / [inscribed] about any subject atall. // NOTE: THE RATE STRP FOR CALLS FROM N.Y. TO CHICAGO ARE AS FOLLOWS / $1.40 for first three minutes / .35 for each additional minute // THE FOLLOWING SMALL SIGN SHOULD APPEAR ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE / TELEPHONE: // IF THIS TELEPHONE RINGS, YOU MAY ANSWER IT. / WALTER DE MARIA IS ON THE LINE AND WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU. // THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WHICH THE MUSEUM COULD TAP FOR ITS / COMMEMORATIVE [?] PHONOGRAPH RECORD WOULD BE THE CONVERSATION THE / ARTIST WOULD HAVE WHEN TELEPHONING THE TELEPHONE COMPANY REQUESTING / THE INSTALLATION THE THE [sic] TELEPHONE FOR THE EXHIBITION. // [inscribed] Note: photo enclosed with sketch (telephone / on short cord)

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