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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.287
People
David Hammons, American (Springfield, IL born 1943)
Title
Phat Free
Classification
Audiovisual Works
Work Type
digital video disk
Date
1995/1999
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165347

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Single-channel DVD installation with surround sound

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Tilton, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Jorie Marshall Waterman '96 and Gwendolyn Dunaway Waterman '92 Fund
Copyright
© David Hammons
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.287
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Single-channel DVD installation with surround sound. Edition of 25 (3 A/P), dimensions variable. This work was filmed on video in 1995 and transferred to DVD in 1999. Digital Video production: Alex Harsley. Production/Publication consultant: Annabella Johnson. 2/25 in dedication to Gergo Mingo. Presentation case and envelope with certificate: glazed paper.

Publication History

  • Lydia Yee and Whitney Rugg, ed., Street Art Street Life: From the 1950s to now (New York, 2008), p. 66-67. ill.

Exhibition History

  • Extreme Connoisseurship, Sert Gallery, Cambridge, 12/08/2001 - 04/14/2002
  • Nominally Figured: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/2006 - 02/25/2007
  • Equal, that is, to the Real Itself, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, 06/21/2007 - 07/28/2007
  • Street Art, Street Life, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, 09/14/2008 - 01/25/2009
  • 32Q: 1120 Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 10/04/2021

Verification Level

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