John Cage's "Edible Drawing" cooked and eaten - August 31, 1995 in the Gardner Museum's cafe

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Description

Remnants of one of Cage's edible drawings, glued to stiff white board with inscription underneath in graphite "John Cage's "Edible Drawing" Cooked and Eaten- August 31 - 1995 in the Gardner Museum's Cafe. Attached to the board are a knife and fork at either side of the inscription. Two additional, small sections of drawing are attached to the board beside the knife and fork.

Dimensions

sight: 45.5 x 38 cm (17 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[Bernie Toale, Rugg Road Papers & Prints, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Michael Silver, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1992, sold; to Richard Sullivan and Melody Bostick Sullivan, Sante Fe, New Mexico (through Ebay), 1999, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.