Key Box / Joe Tilson
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.143
- Title
- Key Box
- Artist
- Joe Tilson
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1928
- Medium and Support
- copper and paint on wood
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- United Kingdom (nation)
- England (country)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- England (country)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Pop Art
- Inscription
- Stamped on top of box: JOE TILSON/"KEY BOX" 19" x 13"/1963; inscribed in graphite below, to the l.: Joe Tilson 1963; verso,
- label, u.l.: SHERATON REF. # [blue letterpress] A 5029 [typescript]/Imp. [letterpress] MARL GERSON [typescript]/Entry #
- [letterpress] 601154 [typescript]/Broker [letterpress] PENSON & CO [typescript]/Ref # [letterpress] 44541 [typescript]/Piece #
- Page [letterpress] indecipherable marks [black ballpoint pen]; inscribed in red paint, l.r.: 66.2
- Dimensions
- 48.9 cm x 33.3 cm x 10.2 cm (19 1/4 in. x 13 1/8 in. x 4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Physical Description
- Wooden box with a keyhole cut through center of piece encircled with copper-colored paint and two large copper screw-heads on golden-yellow background; the word “KEY” painted in white letters at bottom
- Subject Matter
- Like “Key Box,” many of Tilson’s works are reminiscent of children’s learning games, with bold colors and simple geometric forms. “Key Box” also reveals Tilson’s fascination with the relationship between symbols and words, linking the written word “key” with the representation of a keyhole.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1003 x 1494
- File Size
- 100 KB
- Record
- 1997/1.143
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"Key Box; Joe Tilson." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.143/1997_1.143.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.