Monuments (Installation Salle Petriere)
Artist: Christian Boltanski
each unit consists of a vertical framed photographic portrait of a child at top center and four rows of three framed horizontal TV snow-like photographic images in tan, grey, or blue, and a set of three bulb sockets above, each socket with one light bulb, with exposed hanging electrical wiring connecting the units together; any number of units can be installed in any configuration, with the maximum number of 22 units available for installation
The framed portions of the units consist of:
- 22 portraits of children in tin frames, glazed with glass (3 portraits were framed in-house and did not come with borders; an original unframed grey "snow" photo was color photocopied, and the copies were cut into strips to create borders for these portraits per the instructions of curator Patrick Noon--these are labeled on the back of the frames)
- 264 total "snow" photographs in tin frames, glazed with glass:
- 108 tan
- 84 blue
- 72 grey
Additionally there are:
- 3 empty tin frames without glazing (one has an unwelded corner) (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- 3 photographic portraits of children in glassine envelope (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
Consumable components not inventoried include:
- 5-watt flat top silver base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- 5-watt rounded silver base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- 7-watt rounded silver base bulb (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- 15-watt flat top silver base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- 15-watt rounded elongated gold base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- 15-watt rounded squat silver base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- baggie containing European electrical plug and 8-hole electrical junctions (most stamped, "ML-150 S Sato Parts") (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- box of brass light bulb sockets (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- partial spool on 18/2 gauge black electrical wire (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09)
- Date
- 1986
- In our collection
- since July the 28th, 2013 up to now
- Dimensions
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Photographs, electric lights and wiring (22 elements)
- Price
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- Composition
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atium 6% zinc 94%