About the Artwork
Sphère-Trâme employs the strategy that Morellet developed called superimposition. Based on a design by Morellet, fabricators welded circular, stainless steel grids together, which progressively lengthen in size toward the center to form a perfect sphere. This sphere hovers above the ground and, as movement activates the grid patterns, it affects the eye as a shimmer.
Sphere-Trames
between 1962 and 1989
Francois Morellet
1926-2016
French
Unknown
Stainless steel pipe
Overall: 80 inches (203.2 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Schoenith Sculpture Fund
1989.70
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Provenance
the artist, Francois Morellet (Cholet, France)
1989-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Francois Morellet, Sphere-Trames, between 1962 and 1989, stainless steel pipe. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Schoenith Sculpture Fund, 1989.70.
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