Iwo Jima
Jean Tinguely, Swiss, 1925 - 1991
1965
Welded steel, electric motor, rollers, wood pedestal, and foot operated switch
Overall: 66 1/2 in. (168.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund and gifts from Dr. Franz H. and Gula A. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P and Jay R. Wolf, Class of 1951, by exchange
S.977.22
Geography
Place Made: Switzerland, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Winter 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
Exhibition History
Acquisitions 1974-1978, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss & Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 8, 1978-January 21, 1979.
Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 15, 2002.
Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 30- September 21, 2001.
Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 26, 2009-March 15, 2010.
New Acquisitions, Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 3-March 5, 1978.
Sculpture and Sculptor's Drawings, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, SArt 16,21, and 73, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 20-October 7, 1996.
Second Stage of Modernism: Art from 1945 to the present, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall, Churchill P. Lathrop, Friends, and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 6-August 16, 1987.
Publication History
Treasures of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, New York: Hudson Hill Press, 1984, p. 144.
Brian P. Kennedy and Emily Shubert Burke, Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009, p.97, no.72.
Provenance
John and Kimiko Powers, New York; Obelisk Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1977.
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