Gallery Location
Not currently on view
- Artist/Maker
- Peter Gourfain
(American, b. 1934) - Title
- Fate of the Earth Doors
- Date
- 1984–1997
- Material & Process
- Bronze and cherry wood
- Dimensions
- 113 1/2 x 66 x 3 1/4 in. overall
- Credit
- Carolyn T. Anderson, Frank and Roa Birch, Eugenie Mayer Bolz, Brittingham, Madeleine Doran, Elvehjem Museum of Art General, Alice Drews Gladfelter Memorial, Harry and Margaret P. Glicksman, John S. Lord, Jean McKenzie, Cyril W. Nave, F. J. Sensenbrenner, Richard E. Stockwell, Earl O. Vits, Ruth C. Wallerstein, and Malcolm K. and Bertha Whyte Endowment Funds, and Art Collections Fund purchase
- Inventory No.
- 2002.2a-z
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Location
- United States
Related
February 2002, sold by the artist, Peter Gourfain (Brooklyn, NY), to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]
- Elvehjem Museum of Art, "Peter Gourfain: Clay, Wood, Bronze, and Works on Paper." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002. pp. 31, 84-87, cat. no. 62; pl. 11
- Chazen Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 22, No. 3, August-December 2005. p. 3
- Peter Gourfain: Roundabout and Fate of the Earth Doors: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/23/2005–6/30/2007
- Acquisitions 1999-2002, A Selection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/6/2002–8/25/2002
- Peter Gourfain: Clay, Wood, Bronze, and Works on Paper: Chazen Museum of Art, 1/26/2002–3/17/2002
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