Soundsuit (NC.06.019)
Nick Cave, American, born 1959
2006
Appliquéd knitted and crocheted fabric, plastic netting, Easter grass, cellophane and mylar ribbon, plastic tubing, sequins, mirrors, beads, yarn, and paint, mounted on a commercial mannequin
Overall: 79 × 31 × 26 in. (200.7 × 78.7 × 66 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
© Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
2022.53
Geography
None
Period
21st century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Exhibition History
Garmenting: Costume and Contemporary Art, Museum of Art and Design, New York, March 12-August 14, 2022.
Kenneth J. Foster, Nick Cave, Katie Eilertsen, Dan Cameron, and Pamela McClusky, Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, San Francsicso: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2009, ill. p. 117.
Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, March 28–July 5, 2009.
Nick Cave: Soundsuits, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY, October 13–November 12, 2006.
Publication History
Lanny Silverman, Nick Cave, and James H. Sanders, Nick Cave: Soundsuits, Chicago: Chicago Cultural Center, 2006, ill. p. 2.
Andrew Bolton, Elvira Dyangani Ose, and Nate Thompson, Nick Cave: Epitome, New York: Prestel, 2014, ill. p. 273.
Provenance
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York; sold to private collection; Phillips NY 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, New York, New York, November 14, 2018, lot 324; sold to Evelyn Aimis Fine Art, Miami, Florida; purchased by the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, 2022.
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