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Sunset Song

Object Details

Provenance
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, to 9 May 2009
Museum purchase through the contributions of members of the Contemporary Acquisitions Council and the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2009
Exhibition History
CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, Pittsburgh. "55th Carnegie International," 3 May 2008-11 January 2009.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Sunset Song, 2003, A Sound Installation by Susan Philipsz," 10 July-31 October 2009, no cat.
Published References
GOPNIK, BLAKE. "Survey Says: Six is the Magic Number," Washington Post (8 June 2008), p. M05.
CHURNER, RACHEL. "55th Carnegie International," Artforum (September 2008), p. 455.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Susan Philipsz, British, b. Glasgow, Scotland, 1965
Date
2003
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase through the contributions of members of the Contemporary Acquisitions Council and the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2009
Medium
Sound installation
Dimensions
running time: 00:08:00
Type
Audio
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