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Your memory of now (opening)

Olafur Eliasson

Your memory of now (opening)

2016

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Your memory of now (opening)

Olafur Eliasson

Your memory of now (opening)

Olafur Eliasson

Your memory of now (opening)

2016

Physical Qualities Watercolor and graphite on paper, 29 × 22 × 2 1/4 in. (73.7 × 55.9 × 5.7 cm.)
Credit Line Sidney M. Friedberg Acquisitions Endowment for Prints and Drawings
Object Number 2019.157
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2019; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
Engaging the Elements: Poetry in Nature

Artist

Olafur Eliasson

1966–2000

born Copenhagen, Denmark 1967
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THE MELTING GLOBE (SIENNA, UMBER)
Olafur Eliasson
The melting globe (sienna, umber)
2016
THE ADOPTION. - WELL, REALLY! ROBERT, MY FRIEND, SO YOU ARE BECOMING A FAMILY MAN. YOU'RE CONSIDERING ADOPTION?... YOU WILL SOON CROWN THE MAIDENS AT THE VILLAGE FAIR... (ROBERT)- YES, I ADOPTED THIS CHILD. I WANT TO THRIVE IN THE JOYS OF FAMILY LIFE... (WORMSPIRE) - YOU WANT TO MARRY YOUR WARD... - YES, I WANT HER TO GET MARRIED. YES, GET HER MARRIED TO A RICH MAN, PREPARE FOR MY RETIREMENT. - PREPARE FOR YOUR RETIREMENT... GET ENOUGH MONEY
Honoré Daumier
The Adoption. - Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You're considering adoption?... You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair... (Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life... (Wormspire) - You want to marry your ward... - Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement. - Prepare for your retirement... get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize... I know, I know!
1840
FLOWER OBSERVATORY
Olafur Eliasson and Ewald & Rasmussen KleinSmedie ApS
Flower observatory
2003
FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. MR. COQUELET, YOU ARE A UNSOCIAL BEING, CONSPIRING WITH YOUR DOG. TWICE NOW I'VE HAD 149 POINTS, AND HE'S JUMPED UP ON THE TABLE AND MIXES UP EVERYTHING. YOUR DOG IS AN ACCOMPLICE! AN YOU ARE AN OLD CHEAT.
Honoré Daumier
Five o'clock in the evening. Mr. Coquelet, you are a unsocial being, conspiring with your dog. Twice now I've had 149 points, and he's jumped up on the table and mixes up everything. Your dog is an accomplice! An you are an old cheat.
1838
YOUR WIND FOR MY MIRROR
Megan Rooney
Your Wind for my Mirror
2021–2022
Philemona Williamson
Bend Down Your Eyes
1990
"SNOW SHOE" ICE CREAM PLATE
Theodore Russell Davis and Haviland & Co.
"Snow Shoe" Ice Cream Plate
1878–1879
[UNIDENTIFIED SCENE]
Gustave Doré
Joseph Makes Himself Known to his Brethren
1860–1870
WALLOWA WATERHOLE: SPRING SNOW
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Wallowa Waterhole: Spring Snow
1978
Fragment of Knife Sheath with Leopard, Frog, and Unknown Animal
Tswana and Southern Sotho
Fragment of Knife Sheath with Leopard, Frog, and Unknown Animal
1699–1798
STOCKING, CHERNOWITZ
Boris Savelev
Stocking, Chernowitz
1988
EMPTY HOME, CHERNOWITZ
Boris Savelev
Empty Home, Chernowitz
1980