Charles Simonds: Dwellings

Oct 8, 1981–Oct 19, 2014

A small clay model of a reddish hill with miniature stone buildings and paths on top.
A small clay model of a reddish hill with miniature stone buildings and paths on top.

Charles Simonds, Dwellings, 1981. Clay, sand, sticks, stones, wood, plaster, cloth and chicken wire, overall (component a): 17 3/4 × 39 1/2 × 29 in. (45.1 × 100.3 × 73.7 cm) Overall (component b): 10 3/8 × 29 3/8 × 7 3/4 in. (26.4 × 74.6 × 19.7 cm) Overall (component c): 8 × 29 × 13 3/4 in. (20.3 × 73.7 × 34.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Inc., Seymour M. Klein, President 81.11a-c. © Charles Simonds/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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