The Triumph of Mussels (Triomphe de Moules I [Moules Casserole])
Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian, 1924 - 1976
Date:
1965Medium:
Painted and enameled iron alloy; mussel shells with paintDimensions:
18 1/2 x 19 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches (47 x 49.8 x 37.1 cm) Weight: 27.7 lb. (12.56 kg)Copyright:
© 2016 The Estate of Marcel Broodthaers / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, BrusselsCuratorial Department:
Contemporary ArtObject Location:
1997-43-1Credit Line:
Gift (by exchange) of Mr. and Mrs. R. Sturgis Ingersoll and Mrs. Herbert Cameron Morris, 1997
1965Medium:
Painted and enameled iron alloy; mussel shells with paintDimensions:
18 1/2 x 19 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches (47 x 49.8 x 37.1 cm) Weight: 27.7 lb. (12.56 kg)Copyright:
© 2016 The Estate of Marcel Broodthaers / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, BrusselsCuratorial Department:
Contemporary ArtObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1997-43-1Credit Line:
Gift (by exchange) of Mr. and Mrs. R. Sturgis Ingersoll and Mrs. Herbert Cameron Morris, 1997
Label:
Created from the discarded shells of mussels, a culinary specialty of the artist's native Belgium, this assemblage equates cuisine with culture, wittily prodding viewers to question how a museum reveres strange objects from different nations. The French word for mussel, "moule," also means "mold," a punning allusion to the traditional sculptural techniques that Broodthaers rejected.
Created from the discarded shells of mussels, a culinary specialty of the artist's native Belgium, this assemblage equates cuisine with culture, wittily prodding viewers to question how a museum reveres strange objects from different nations. The French word for mussel, "moule," also means "mold," a punning allusion to the traditional sculptural techniques that Broodthaers rejected.