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John LathamWW-1958-M070355

1958·Hessian-covered door, with books, scrap metals, various paints, plaster, and cement·8' 4 1/2" x 46" x 12 1/2" (255.2 x 116.8 x 31.7 cm)

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Year: 1958
Medium: Hessian-covered door, with books, scrap metals, various paints, plaster, and cement
Dimensions: 8' 4 1/2" x 46" x 12 1/2" (255.2 x 116.8 x 31.7 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: John Latham

Artist

John Latham

Mixed Media

John Latham was a British artist and theorist whose practice encompassed painting, sculpture, film, and performance, often incorporating books and text as primary materials. His work challenged conventional art-making through a conceptual approach that predated and influenced institutional critique and conceptual art movements of the 1960s and beyond. Operating across multiple disciplines and scales, Latham developed a distinctive methodology that treated art-making as a philosophical investigation rather than a craft-based discipline.

Livingstone, Zambia

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