This Takes the Cake (one of three matchbooks produced for the work "Having Attained Visibility As Well As Managing To Catch The Eye Of The Spectator")

Inscriptions

Printed, on front: THIS TAKES THE CAKE / be safe close cover before striking / ADMATCH 1-800-777-9909; printed, on reverse: Carnegie | International | 1991 / October 19, 1991 – February 16, 1992 / Louise Lawler

Exhibition History

"Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother, John T. Kirk, and the Hood Museum of Art", Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 22-December 6, 2015.

A Space for Dialogue 82, Rejecting the Diminutive: Small-Scale Art, the Viewer, and the Art World, Winnie Yoe, Class of 2014, Homma Family Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 24-July 13, 2014.

Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 19, 1991-February 16, 1992.

Publication History

Winnie Yoe, A Space for Dialogue 82, Rejecting the Diminutive: Small-Scale Art, the Viewer, and the Art World, Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College, 2014, ill. p. 1, checklist no. 3.

Published References

Lynne Cooke. "Change of State: An Exposition." In Carnegie International 1991. exh. cat., New York and Pittsburg: The Carnegie Museum of Art, 1991, vol. 2, 16-17, 57.

Provenance

Collection of John T. Kirk and Trevor J. Fairbrother, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 2010.

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