Added Pleasure
Artist
John Chamberlain
(American, 1927 - 2011)
Date1975-1982
MediumPainted and chromium plated steel
DimensionsOverall (SN5533): 111 × 53 × 36 in., 309 lb. (281.9 × 134.6 × 91.4 cm, 140.2 kg)
Overall (SN5533a): 53 × 49 × 19 1/2 in., 109 lb. (134.6 × 124.5 × 49.5 cm, 49.4 kg)
Overall (SN5533b): 80 × 39 3/4 × 29 1/2 in., 200 lb. (203.2 × 101 × 74.9 cm, 90.7 kg)
Overall (SN5533f): 5 1/2 × 42 × 88 in., 101 lb. (14 × 106.7 × 223.5 cm, 45.8 kg)
Overall (SN5533g): 4 1/2 × 60 × 60 in., 100 lb. (11.4 × 152.4 × 152.4 cm, 45.4 kg)
Overall (SN5533a): 53 × 49 × 19 1/2 in., 109 lb. (134.6 × 124.5 × 49.5 cm, 49.4 kg)
Overall (SN5533b): 80 × 39 3/4 × 29 1/2 in., 200 lb. (203.2 × 101 × 74.9 cm, 90.7 kg)
Overall (SN5533f): 5 1/2 × 42 × 88 in., 101 lb. (14 × 106.7 × 223.5 cm, 45.8 kg)
Overall (SN5533g): 4 1/2 × 60 × 60 in., 100 lb. (11.4 × 152.4 × 152.4 cm, 45.4 kg)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1983
Object numberSN5533
John Chamberlain's agglomeration of auto body parts is more forceful than lyrical. Added Pleasure is aggressively put together and seemingly carelessly covered with spray paint. The sculpture is muscular in volume, and the compressed parts seem to expand rather than contract.
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