Tomb of the Golden Engenderers

1976

Carl Andre American, 1935 - 2024

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About the Artwork

Carl Andre uses ordinary materials, such as pieces of uncarved wood, to create his sculptures, arranging them in simple, geometric patterns that are held together by gravity and balance. He positioned the solid pieces of wood in a rectangular shape and did not use any color to preserve the purity of the wood's natural state.

Title Tomb of the Golden Engenderers

Artwork Date 1976

Artist Carl Andre

Life Dates 1935 - 2024

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Western red cedar wood

Dimensions Installed: 36 × 108 × 36 inches (91.4 × 274.3 × 91.4 cm) Overall (each unit): 12 × 12 × 36 inches (30.5 × 30.5 × 91.4 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Matching Museum Purchase Grant

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 78.68

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1978-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Tuchman, P. "Background of a Minimalist: Carl Andre." Artforum 16, no. 7 (1978): 29-33.

Carl Andre. Exh. cat., Whitechapel Art Gallery. London, 1978, pp. 12-13 (ill.).

Carl Andre Wood. Exh. cat., Van Abbemuseum. Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 1978, no. 73 (ill.).

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Carl Andre, Tomb of the Golden Engenderers, 1976, western red cedar wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Matching Museum Purchase Grant, 78.68.