Untitled (Scatter Piece)

Contemporary Art

1968–69

Robert Morris
American, 1931-2018

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Contemporary Art

Artist: Robert Morris
Title: Untitled (Scatter Piece)
Place: United States (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1968–1969
Medium: Pressed wool felt, steel, zinc-plated steel, copper-clad steel, lead, aluminum, and brass
Dimensions: Dimensions vary with installation; approximately 60 square meters (650 squared ft.)
Credit Line: Through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hokin; Contemporary Art Discretionary Fund; purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor and Janet and Craig Duchossois; N.W. Harris Purchase Prize, Wilson L. Mead Trust, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan funds; purchased with funds provided by Judith Neisser; Watson F. Blair Prize, Emilie L. Wild, William H. Bartles, and Laura Slobe Memorial Prize funds
Reference Number: 2014.973.1-.185

Annette Michaelson, Robert Morris, exh. cat. (
Washington D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1969), 66, cat. 37 (ill.), 95.
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Red and Black Black and Red: Robert Morris, exh. cat. (New York: Castelli, 2014), 13, image 13 (color ill.), image 14 (ill.), 14.
Jeffrey Weiss, with contributions by Bernard Ceysson, Courtney Fiske, Simone Forti, Caroline A. Jones, and Alexandre Quoi, Robert Morris: The Perceiving Body, exh. cat. (Milan: Mousse Publishing, 2020), 2-3 (ill.), 18, 19, fig. 2 (ill.), 20, 77 (ill.), 84, 86, fig. 6 (ill.), 87, 89-89, fig. 7 (color ill.), 97, 195, 198.

Castelli Warehouse, New York, Continuous Project Altered Daily, Mar. 1–22, 1969, no cat.
Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallert of Art, Robert Morris, Nov. 24–Dec. 28, 1969, cat. 37; Detroit Institute of Arts, Jan. 8–Feb. 8, 1970 (Washington only).
Luxembourg City, Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Robert Morris: The Perceiving Body, Feb 8–June 1, 2020 (extendted from Apr. 26, 2020 due to COVID-19), no cat. no.; Musée d’art moderne contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, July 1–Nov. 1, 2020 (rescheduled from June 6–Sept. 27, 2020 due to COVID-19).

The artist; sold through Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute Chicago, 2014.

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