Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Joel Shapiro site-specific sculpture displayed outdoors in the 15th Street Plaza of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The towering work is constructed from two bronze forms suggesting a symbolic dialog addressing the disintegration of families and the tragedy of lives interrupted by the Holocaust. It was commissioned by the Museum's Art in Public Spaces program.
- Artwork Title
- Loss and Regeneration, 1993
- Date
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creation:
1993
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Contributor
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Artist:
Joel Shapiro
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Sculpture
- Object Type
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Site-specific sculpture (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Two part cast bronze sculpture
a. The larger part of a 2-part cast bronze sculpture resembles a very tall, abstract treelike structure,
b. The smaller part of a 2part cast bronze sculpture resembles a houselike structure, installed upside down on its roof. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 288.000 inches (731.52 cm) | Width: 180.000 inches (457.2 cm) | Depth: 102.000 inches (259.08 cm)
b: Height: 96.000 inches (243.84 cm) | Width: 60.000 inches (152.4 cm) | Depth: 90.000 inches (228.6 cm) - Materials
- a : bronze
b : bronze
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Site-specific sculpture--Washington (D.C)
- Personal Name
- Shapiro, Joel.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The sculpture was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:01
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn7314
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