Oculist Witnesses / Richard Hamilton
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.32
- Title
- Oculist Witnesses
- Artist
- Richard Hamilton
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- 1922-2011
- Medium and Support
- mirror silver in laminated glass on aluminum base
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Neo-dada
- Inscription
- Inscribed l.r.: d'après Marcel Duchamp.
- Dimensions
- 65 cm x 50.7 cm x 20.3 cm (25 9/16 in. x 19 15/16 in. x 8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- screen print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Mixed media
- Secondary Object Type
- assemblage
- Physical Description
- screened print on glass colored with mirror silver and laminated, freestanding
- Subject Matter
- The three circular designs that resemble the charts used to test one’s vision are the “oculist witnesses” from Marcel Duchamp’s Large Glass.
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- object genres
- originals
- originals and derivative objects
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1531 x 1931
- File Size
- 393 KB
- Record
- 1977/2.32
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1977-sl-2.32/1977_2.32.jpg
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"Oculist Witnesses; Richard Hamilton." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1977-sl-2.32/1977_2.32.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
