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Sam Durant
Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monument Transpositions, Washington, D.C.2005

Not on view
Gallery installation of roughly twenty-five matte slate-gray sculptural obelisks and monument forms of varying heights arranged on a pale wood floor, with a central display table holding small white models
Installation view of dozens of dark gray sculptural columns and obelisks of varying heights arranged across a white gallery floor, ranging from small tabletop scale to near-ceiling height, each with stepped bases and differing shaft forms.
Installation of approximately twenty gray sculptural obelisks and monuments of varying heights arranged across a large white gallery floor, all rendered in a uniform matte gray, ranging from small pedestals to tall tapered columns with stepped bases.
Artist or Maker
Sam Durant
United States, Washington, Seattle, born 1961
Title
Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monument Transpositions, Washington, D.C.
Date Made
2005
Medium
Medium-density fiberboard, fiberglass, foam, enamel, acrylic, basswood, balsa wood, birch veneer, copper
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Allison and Larry Berg, Holly and Albert Baril, Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell, Linda and Jerry Janger, and H. Tony and Marti Oppenheimer through the 2013 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2013.123.1-.31
Classification
Installation Art
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Durant, Sam. Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monuments Transpositions, Washington, D.C. New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 2005.