...by an Earthquake (A a visit in the house of David Ireland at 500 Capp street)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1994
- Dimensions
- box composition 8 11/16 x 9 5/16 x 13 1/4" (22 x 23.7 x 33.6 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- David Ireland
Artist
Painting
David Ireland was an American artist who transformed ordinary domestic spaces and found materials into conceptual interventions. Working primarily in his San Francisco home from the 1970s onward, he treated the architecture itself as a medium, altering walls, floors, and structural elements through subtle excavations, repairs, and material manipulations. His practice challenged distinctions between art object and lived environment, anticipating later investigations into site-specificity and institutional critique. Ireland's work remained largely resistant to commodification and documentation, existing primarily as direct interventions in place.
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1993 · One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992
1993 · One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992
1993 · One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992
1993 · One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints
A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992
1993 · Portfolio of five etching and drypoints
Record
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- David Ireland
- Year
- 1994
- Dimensions
- box composition 8 11/16 x 9 5/16 x 13 1/4" (22 x 23.7 x 33.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1994-M008354
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
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- Status
- verified