Panneau de Moules (Panel of Mussels)

1966

Marcel Broodthaers

Artist, Belgian, 1924 - 1976

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mussel shells, resin, and paint on panel

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    overall: 116.21 × 121.92 × 13.97 cm, 155 lb. (45 3/4 × 48 × 5 1/2 in., 70.308 kg)

  • Accession

    2005.36.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by family members, Mr. and Mrs. Toussaint Gilissen, Duren, Germany, by 1989. private collection, Belgium; purchased 5 April 2005 through (Peter Freeman, Inc., New York) by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Possibly Marcel Broodthaers, Galerie J, Paris, 1966.

  • Possibly Moules Oeufs Frites Pots Charbon, Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp, 1966.

1989

  • Marcel Broodthaers, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1989-1990, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2014

  • Make it New: Abstract Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2014, no. 14, repro.

2016

  • Marcel Broodthaers: A Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 2016-2017, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

2001

  • Clerbois, Sébastien. "Marcel Broodthaers ou la jouissance de l'hystérique?" Arts Antiques Auctions 2001: 31, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63864258

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