Object number:
2011.84.3.EXF.2
Object name:
DVD; exhibition copy; time-based media; video art
Title:
The White Rose
Maker:
Bruce Conner
Date made:
2011; 1966
Material / Technique:
Polycarbonate plastic disc substrate, aluminum, dye
Dimensions:
Dia: 4.75 in
Credit line:
Purchase from the Art Deaccession Fund.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Bruce Conner Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Physical description:
DVD, black and white, sound, 7 minute duration. Looped
Content description:
The White Rose documents Beat generation artist Jay DeFeo's painting of the same name, begun in 1957. When the unfinished painting was removed eight years later it weighed over 2300 pounds.
Concepts:
painting; film
Places:
San Francisco
Persons:
Jay DeFeo
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