The Wedding by Lawrence Weiner

The Wedding

Lawrence Weiner · 1948

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DETAILS
Artist
Lawrence Weiner
Date
1948
Medium
Egg tempera on hardboard
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Collection
Arts of the Americas
Culture
United States
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Mary P. Hines in memory of her mother, Frances W. Pick
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Lawrence Weiner

1942–2021 · United States

He turned language itself into sculpture, declaring that art could exist as words on a wall, in a book, or just in memory.

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