Oval Seated Atop a Cosmos Ball, Peter Norton Family Christmas Project 2000
Takashi Murakami, Japanese, born 1962
2000
Plastic and vinyl; with a mini CD-ROM with music by Zak Yumiko
Overall: 10 1/2 × 7 3/8 × 8 in. (26.7 × 18.7 × 20.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Director of the Hood Museum of Art
S.2000.53
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
21st century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on bottom side of base, upper left: [in a circle] Peter Norton Family Christmas Project; inscribed, within circle: 2000; inscribed, lower right: by Takashi Murakami; inscribed, lower left: Produced by / CUBE||Compact Disc is inscribed: peter norton family / christmas project / 2000 [oval figure] takashi murakami / music by zakyumiko / hiropan factory
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 19, Playing Around with Art, Dianne Choie, Class of 2004, Education Department Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 27-May 23, 2004.
A Space for Dialogue 69, Art in Motion: A Deeper Look at the Animated Figure and Its Presence in Contemporary Works, Kayla Gilbert, Class of 2012, Homma Family Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 31-May 13, 2012.
Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, April 15-May 20, 2003.
Critical Faculties: Teaching with the Hood's Collections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 15-March 13, 2005.
Introduction to the History of Art II, 1500 to present, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, ArtH2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 24-March 14, 2004.
Publication History
Dianne Choie, A Space for Dialogue 19, Playing Around with Art, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2004, ill. cover.
Kayla Gilbert, A Space for Dialogue 69, Art in Motion: A Deeper Look at the Animated Figure and Its Presence in Contemporary Works, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2012, p. 4, no. 6.
Provenance
Commissioned for the 2000 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project; given to the Director of the Hood Museum of Art, 2000; given to the present collection, 2000.
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