Untitled (Maquette for 1964 World's Fair)
Artist
John Chamberlain
American, 1927 - 2011
Dateca. 1964
MediumScrap metal, cardboard, paint, staples, duct tape on painted fiberboard
DimensionsOverall: 5 x 7 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the artist to The Hyde Collection through the Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS), a program of the New York State Council on the Arts
Object number1976.3
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Sculpture
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- American Paintings & Sculpture
SignedSee inscriptions, the inscription in red pen is probably the artist's hand and includes at least his last name
InscribedUnderside of base, lower half, in red ballpoint pen, cursive: "Sketch/NYC World/1964 FAIR/#37 Chamberlain (partially obscured by duct tape)/64"
Above this, a typed label apparently attached by Hyde staff "SCULPTURE, PRELIMINARY SCULPTURE FOR ONE HUNG IN/THE NEW YORK STATE PAVILLION (sic) DURING THE WORLD'S/ FAIR./ BY JOHN CHAMBERLAIN. GIVEN TO THE HYDE COLLECTION BY THE ARTIST THROUGH/CAPS A DIVISION OF NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS"
DescriptionAssemblage of auto scrap steel mounted on a fiberboard base. The base is a square of fiberboad painted red on the top and ornamented on one side with black and red rectangular cardboard cutouts (a bit like piano keys) that appear to have been premanufactured and recycle from another purpose. The metal element is shades of green that appear to be the original auto paint color with the possible addition of further paint by the artist. The sides of the base have been covered with silver duct tape.Exhibition History"After 1960: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, May 19- July 28, 2002."Pieces: Collage, Constructions, & Conceptual Art," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, May 15- Oct. 2005.
"Director's Choice: Focus on Modernism." Hoopes Gallery. The Hyde Collection. April 5- September 14, 2008.
"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013
"The 1960s: Beyond Op and Pop," Feibes and Schmitt Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, June 24-Sept. 17, 2023.Provenance1976, Glens Fall, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
