Details
Marina Abramović
Shoes for Departure
amethyst, in two parts
left shoe: 17.5 x 18.5 x 43cm.
right shoe: 17.5 x 18.5 x 43cm.
Executed in 1991
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1993.
Literature
Marina Abramović, exh. cat., Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, 1993, p. 289.
Marina Abramović, exh. cat., Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, 1993-1994.
J.A. Kaplan, "Deeper and Deeper: Interview with Marina Abramović", in Art Journal, vol. 58, no. 2, Summer 1999, pp. 7-21.
G. Celant, Marina Abramović: Public Body, Milan 2001, pp. 162-169.
U. Grosenick, Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century, Cologne 2001 (another from the series illustrated, p. 21).
W. Peppler, A Collector and his Oeuvre, Suède 2008 (another from the series illustrated, p. 59).
Exhibited
Kassel, Documenta IX, 1992.
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Faszination Edelstein, 1992.
Chemnitz, Städtischen Kunstsammlung, Georgius Agricola: Bergwelten 1494-1994, 1994.
Edinburg, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Marina Abramović: Objects, Performance, Video, Sound, 1995, pp. 92-93 (another from the series exhibited).
Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Gehen, bleiben: Bewegung, Körper, Ort in der Kunst der Gegenwart, 2008.
Special notice
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