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Maker(s):Moorman, Charlottte; Kowal, Cal
Culture:American (Moorman 1934 - 1991) (Kowal 1956 - 1984)
Title:Charlotte Moorman performing on her "Cello Bomb"
Date Made:1984
Type:Photograph
Materials:gelatin silver Polaroid print
Place Made:United States
Measurements:print: 5 3/16 x 4 3/16 in.; 13.1763 x 10.6363 cm; image: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.; 11.43 x 8.89 cm; mount: 14 x 11 in.; 35.56 x 27.94 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signed in black ink on mount at lower left corner: Charlotte Moorman, 5/14/1984, signed in black ink on mount at lower right corner: 6/25, stamped on verso at lower left corner (c) Cal Kowal / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH /BY CAL KOWAL / DATE
Accession Number:  SC 1998.10
Credit Line:Gift of Carl Solway
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
woman playing a cello shaped like a bomb in front of a white wall with a video monitor to her right

Label Text:
This photograph provides a document of the performance of Charlotte on her "Cello Bomb" at the Chicago International Art Fair in 1984. See video on Charlotte Moorman "Topless Cellist" in our Records Room library (SC TR 6008.2).

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