Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project / Yinka Shonibare
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.256
- Title
- Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project
- Artist
- Yinka Shonibare
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1962
- Medium and Support
- resin, plastic, wood, paper and fabric
- Object Creation Date
- 2002
- Object Creation Place
- Europe
- English
- Creation Place 1
- Europe
- Creation Place 2
- English
- Style/Group/Movement
- postcolonial art
- Period
- Modern and contemporary
- Dimensions
- 33 cm x 20 cm x 26 cm (13 in. x 7 7/8 in. x 10 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Primary Object Type
- assemblage
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- model
- Physical Description
- Dollhouse replica of a two-storey Victorian-style flat in the East End of London. The façade is red brick with white molding. The upper storey has two tall windows that face onto the street; the door into the flat is on the left, and to the right of it is a large bay window. The split-level interior holds a bedroom and parlor, both of which are decorated with wallpaper and furnishings, including cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and a canopy bed. Reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honoré Fragonard hang on the walls. A seal on the right-facing outside wall reads: “Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here.”
- Subject Matter
- Every year since 1988, art collector, software entrepreneur, and MoMA trustee Peter Norton has commissioned an art edition to celebrate the Christmas season and holidays.
- Shonibare’s dollhouse was part of the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, and can be purchased online for $750 at http://www.momastore.org/.
- As in many of Shonibare’s other works, “Dutch-wax” dyed fabrics commonly found in Western Africa figure prominently in the dollhouse, from the upholstery of the chairs and bed-coverings to the wallpaper, and reflects the West African [Nigerian] heritage that has been at the heart of his work since he started exhibiting in 1988. Generally perceived as “authentic,” Shonibare uses such material as a way of deconstructing the more complex histories that determine these and other images of ethnicity. (Oxford art online)
- Primary Keywords
- african
- assemblage (sculpture technique)
- beds (furniture)
- bookshelves
- cabinets (case furniture)
- chairs
- collage
- copies (derivative objects)
- dollmaking
- english
- fireplaces
- furniture
- london (inhabited place)
- miniatures (paintings)
- play (recreation)
- table (support furniture)
- toys (recreational artifacts)
- victorian
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- british
- case furniture
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- culture and related concepts
- culture-related concepts
- derivative objects
- descriptors
- england (country)
- europe (continent)
- european
- european regions
- european styles and periods
- fireplaces and fireplace components
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture by form or function
- geographic and political locations
- greater london (metropolitan area)
- heating and cooking elements
- image-making processes and techniques
- modern british styles and movements
- modern british styles by reign
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- object genres
- object-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- originals and derivative objects
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- recreation
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- sculpture techniques
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- sleeping and reclining furniture
- storage and display furniture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- support furniture
- united kingdom (nation)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2008/2.256
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.256/ri_2008_2_256.jpg
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"Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project; Yinka Shonibare." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.256/ri_2008_2_256.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
