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David IrelandWW-1987-M070273
1987·Metal and wood table with enamel, concrete, and tan paper·6' 3/4" x 24" x 20" (184.8 x 61 x 50.8 cm)

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Year
1987
Dimensions
6' 3/4" x 24" x 20" (184.8 x 61 x 50.8 cm)

Artist

David Ireland
David Ireland

Painting

David Ireland was an American artist who transformed ordinary domestic spaces and found materials into conceptual interventions. Working primarily in his San Francisco home from the 1970s onward, he treated the architecture itself as a medium, altering walls, floors, and structural elements through subtle excavations, repairs, and material manipulations. His practice challenged distinctions between art object and lived environment, anticipating later investigations into site-specificity and institutional critique. Ireland's work remained largely resistant to commodification and documentation, existing primarily as direct interventions in place.

Bellingham, WA, USA

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1993 · One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints

WW-1993-M103289
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992

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WW-1993-M103287
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992

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1993 · One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints

WW-1993-M103286
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A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992

1993 · Portfolio of five etching and drypoints

WW-1993-M089694

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Year
1987
Dimensions
6' 3/4" x 24" x 20" (184.8 x 61 x 50.8 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1987-M070273

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

David Ireland

David Ireland

Painting

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