Description:
front and back of fake $108 bill: face of currency at top with globe being sliced on left, Benjamin Franklin blowing smoke in center and cube-shaped earth on right, back of bill below with figures holding up other figures in tiers, bottom ones almost crushed and top three tiers in chairs (1st in plain chairs, 2nd in overstuffed side chairs, top figure smoking in a reclining chair)
Label Text:
New York Collection for Stockholm is a portfolio of works by thirty artists published by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) to support the purchase of works by American artists of the 1960s for the permanent collection of the Moderna Museet, in Stockholm. E.A.T., which was in operation between 1966 and 1993, was a non-profit organization co-founded by American artist Robert Rauschenberg and Swedish engineer William Klüver with the aim of sponsoring collaborations between artists and scientists and promoting cultural exchange.
Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+1976.56.7 |
