Robert Morris

Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure

Robert Morris' "Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure" is an original silkscreen printed upon thick, hand-made, Arches paper and with full, deckled margins as published by 'Editions Schellmann & Kluser' in Munich, Germany in the limited edition of one hundred and eighty impressions in 1980. This impression is signed, dated and numbered, by Robert Morris in pencil along the lower margin and also bears the blindstamp of 'Styria Studios' within the lower margin. "Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure" is a fine original example of the famous contemporary art created by the American artist, Robert Morris.

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Robert Morris (Kansas City, Born, 1931 - Resides, New York City )
#	Title & Artist	Date	Medium	Info
01.-	A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash by Robert Morris	1980	Original Silkscreen	Signed, dated and numbered, '1/180', by Robert Morris in pencil along the lower margin. Also bearing the blindstamp of Styria Studios within the lower margin.
02.-	Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure by Robert Morris	1980	Original Silkscreen	Signed, dated and numbered, '1/180', by Robert Morris in pencil along the lower margin. Also bearing the blindstamp of Styria Studios within the lower margin.

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Title:	Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure
Artist:	Morris, Robert (Kansas City, Born, 1931 - Resides, New York City )
Date:	1980
Medium:	Original Silkscreen
Publisher:	Editions Schellmann & Kluser, Munich, Germany
Printer:	Styria Studios
Note:	Robert Morris: One of America's most famous avant guarde artists of our times, Robert Morris first studied as an engineer before turning to art and art criticism. In 1966 he graduated with his masters degree in art from Hunter College, New York. During the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's, Robert Morris played a key role in the movements of Minimalist sculpture and Process Art. Particularly in the mediums of sculpture and silkscreen his art gained a leading international reputation. Using such varied materials as aluminum, steel mesh, electroencephalogram readouts, felt and even dirt, Robert Morris always challenged the viewer on themes ranging from the theories of Marcel Duchamp, to the effects of a nuclear holocaust and to the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Whether in the fields of printmaking or sculpture Robert Morris's art continually forces the viewer to reassess his personal and social station in life and culture.
	During the years America's most prestigious museums have hosted one man exhibitions of Robert Morris's art. These include the Whitney Museum of American Art (1970), the Art Institute of Chicago (1980) and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington (1990). In 1994 the Guggenheim Museum, New York, launched a major retrospective on the artist's work which later traveled to Paris and Hamburg.
	Robert Morris's first original prints were published in 1967. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, includes many of his published prints in its permanent collection. In 1980 the artist executed two silkscreens for Editions Schellmann & Kluser in Munich, Germany -- A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash and Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure. Both were printed in signed, limited editions of 180 impressions. Both words and image provoke us. The words for Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure are written below:
	"The individual's favorite possessions - the golf clubs, the shoes, the tie pin, the Ferrari, the bowling ball, the art collection, etc. - are carefully sawed in halves. The edges of the cuts are filed or otherwise cleaned to reveal the precise cross-sections of the objects which are then embedded in a transparent plastic matrix. The objects are arranged so that the cross-sections face upward. The matrix forms a vast circular floor and a top layer of smooth, indestructible, transparent plastic is poured as a finish surface. A large building is erected over this floor, a building help up with a maze of elaborate wooden trusses. No pole or column interrupts the floor. The appropriate decor and sound system are installed. A suitable name is found. A discrete advertising campaign is initiated. Only the highest quality roller skates are allowed on the floor."
Edition:	Limited edition of one hundred and eighty impressions, numbered 42/180.
Size:	18 X 24 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon thick, hand-made, Arches paper and with full, deckled margins as published in the limited edition of 180 impressions in Munich in 1980. Signed, dated and numbered, '1 / 180', by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Also bearing the blindstamp of Styria Studios within the lower margin. Apart from marginal creasing along the right margin (well away from the actual silkscreen) this is a finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure represents a most important example of the famous contemporary art of Robert Morris.
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