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"The Blind" English Version complete

Sophie Calle, 1986 ::
"b/w & color photos, photo text, wood shelves" ::
each set 53 x 47.3 in ::
Acquired 1989 ::
Acquired from Fred Hoffman Gallery ::


  About the Artwork

Illustrated "The 20th Century Art Book", Phaidon
Exhibited widely:
ICA, Boston; Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv 1996; Newport Harbor Art Museum, California; Kawamura, Tokyo, Toyota Art Museums Japan 1998-9; Contemporary Museum, Honolulu 1999; Haus der Kunst, Munchen 2000; Museum Ludwig, Budapest 2001; Sprengel-Museum Hanover 2002; Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin 2003; Barbican Center, London 2005


About the Artist

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  Sophie Calle

Biography not available.

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"The Blind" English Version complete
I met people who were born blind. Who had never seen.
I asked them what their image of beauty was.

"The most beautiful thing I ever saw is the sea, the sea going out so far you lose sight of it."
23 sets of portrait
1986, Sophie Calle  |  Acquired 1989


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Also By This Artist

  Autobiographical Stories: Dutch Portrait

1988

  "The Blind", English Version (#1 The Sea);

1986

  Catalog w Laurie Anderson

(Date Unknown)

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"The Blind", English Version (#1 The Sea);
Sophie Calle, (Date Unknown)
Acquired 1988

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Louise Lawler, 1986
Acquired Aug 1988

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