Joe Minter, The First Fireplace, 1998. Found metal, teapot, metal pot, metal ladle, metal fireplace tools, metal grate, and chains, overall: 55 1/2 × 39 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (141 × 100.3 × 40 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Michael Straus P.2021.12
Installation view
Not on view
Date
1998
Classification
Sculpture
Medium
Found metal, teapot, metal pot, metal ladle, metal fireplace tools, metal grate, and chains
Dimensions
Overall: 55 1/2 × 39 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (141 × 100.3 × 40 cm)
Accession number
P.2021.12
Credit line
Promised gift of Michael Straus
Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate
Exhibitions
Installation photography
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Installation view of Shifting Landscapes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 1, 2024-January 2026). From left to right: Martha Jane Pettway, Sweep, 1980; Maya Lin, Ghost Forest Baseline Y, 2022; Purvis Young, Overtown, 1988; Lonnie Holley, Untitled, 1995; Purvis Young, Ants and the Establishment, c. 1980-85; Bessie Harvey, Cross Bearers, 1993; Joe Minter, The First Fireplace, 1998; Carlos Villa, My Roots, 1970-71; Suzanne Jackson, It is our woods, 1973. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
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Installation view of Shifting Landscapes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 1, 2024-January 2026). From left to right: Martha Jane Pettway, Sweep, 1980; Purvis Young, Overtown, 1988; Lonnie Holley, Untitled, 1995; Purvis Young, Ants and the Establishment, c. 1980-85; Bessie Harvey, Cross Bearers, 1993; Joe Minter, The First Fireplace, 1998; Firelei Báez, Untitled (Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Navtic), 2021. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Shifting Landscapes
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Installation view of the Whitney Biennial 2019 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 17-September 22, 2019). From left to right: Walter Price, The things that horse ourselves for uncertainty, 2018; Joe Minter, The First Fireplace, 1998; Joe Minter, Lightening the Load, 2004; Walter Price, Sit some to the side for the shell end, 2018; Walter Price, Everything’s connected, 2018; Walter Price, Upgrayyed, 2018; Joe Minter, ’63 Foot Soldiers, 1999; Troy Michie, Hung Out To Dry / The Land Was Mexican Once, 2019; Troy Michie, Yo Soy Un Puente Tendido / This Is My Home, 2019; Joe Minter, Three Flying Saucers, 2000; Troy Michie, Los Atravesados / The Skin Of The Earth Is Seamless, 2019. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Whitney Biennial 2019