Accession Number: C.2017.165.1
Dimensions: 11 in X 10 in X 8 in
Dimensions (Metric): 27.94 cm X 25.4 cm X 20.32 cm
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, Janet Nolan
9/11 Glove Reliquary
Description
Assemblage by Janet Nolan titled 9/11 Glove Reliquary, 2002. The piece is composed of a pile of dusty work gloves, stacked vertically inside of a glass vitrine. Dust has fallen from the gloves and collected in a pile on the bottom of the vitrine.
Historical Notes
Lower Manhattan artist, Janet Nolan, collected discarded work gloves worn by the recovery workers at Ground Zero. She packed the abandoned gloves into a glass vitrine as a reliquary.