Crocodile Tears: Buried Treasure (De Chirico V) / Douglas Huebler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/1.160.1
- Title
- Crocodile Tears: Buried Treasure (De Chirico V)
- Artist
- Douglas Huebler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- (1924 - 1997)
- Medium and Support
- photograph and acrylic on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1990
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Conceptual Art
- Dimensions
- 104 cm x 79.2 cm x 4.7 cm (40 15/16 in. x 31 3/16 in. x 1 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Primary Object Type
- collage
- Secondary Object Classification
- Photograph
- Secondary Object Type
- color
- Physical Description
- color photograph with comic-strip-style illustrations in black acrylic on white paper, mounted and framed
- Subject Matter
- The comic strip comments on the sky-high prices of the art market, the deep pockets needed to enter into that market, and the exclusive, insider nature of art collecting. This is juxtaposed against a photograph that “represents at least one person who never looks back” at a homeless man you’ve passed on the street.
- Primary Keywords
- cartoons (humorous images)
- conceptual
- galleries (display spaces)
- photographs
- walking
- Secondary Keywords
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- components by specific context
- display rooms and spaces
- figures
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- streets
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3233 x 4620
- File Size
- 666 KB
- Record
- 2008/1.160.1
- Link to this Item
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"Crocodile Tears: Buried Treasure (De Chirico V); Douglas Huebler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-1.160.1/2008_1.160.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.