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Marcel Broodthaers — Two works: (i) Département des Aigles (David-Ingres-Wiertz-Courbet); (ii) Département des Aigles (David-Ingres-Wiertz-Courbet)
Marcel Broodthaers

Two works: (i) Département des Aigles (David-Ingres-Wiertz-Courbet); (ii) Département des Aigles (David-Ingres-Wiertz-Courbet)

1969

A conceptual artwork consisting of two works from Marcel Broodthaers' Département des Aigles series, featuring a painted vacuum-formed plastic plate with black imagery on a gilt background. This work exemplifies Broodthaers' engagement with institutional critique and the museum as artistic subject.

Medium
(i) painted vacuum formed plastic plate (black on a gilt background version)

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Marcel Broodthaers, Two works: (i) Département des Aigles (David-Ingres-Wiertz-Courbet); (ii) Département des Aigles (David-Ingres-Wiertz-Courbet), 1969

A conceptual artwork consisting of two works from Marcel Broodthaers' Département des Aigles series, featuring a painted vacuum-formed plastic plate with black imagery on a gilt background. This work exemplifies Broodthaers' engagement with institutional critique and the museum as artistic subject.

Medium
(i) painted vacuum formed plastic plate (black on a gilt background version)
Year
1969
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

1969, Museum Art, Institutional Critique, Belgium, Conceptual Art, Plastic Art, Contemporary Art

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