Monument över den sista cigaretten
by Erik Dietman
Artist
Erik Dietman
(Sverige, 1937 - 2002)
Alternate Title
- Monument to the Last Cigarette
Date1975
MediumConcrete, brass, wood, cast iron
Classification
Credit LineDonation 1976 från konstnären
RoomOutside location
Object NumberMOMSK 76
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkA monument is usually erected in honour of an important person or a great event in the history of a nation. But Erik Dietman’s mighty plinth is crowned apparently by nothing. A ladder invites viewers to climb up and take a look. Please do! At the top of the ladder you will find an ashtray with a little ash inside, cast in bronze. Witticisms, linguistic or otherwise, are often as essential as the sculptural form in Erik Dietman’s oeuvre.
Selected exhibition history
Boulevard Dietmann, Objekt 1962-1976 av Erik Dietman (1976)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Pop Art & Nouveau Réalisme, ur samlingarna (1991-1992)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues
Pop Art & Nouveau realisme : ur Moderna Museets samlingar : Moderna Museet 26.12.1991 - 09.08.1992Erik Dietman : Moderna Museet : 5 nov - 12 dec 1976
Bibliography
Granath, Olle, Erik Dietman. Enstöring fiskar stör, Atlantis, Stockholm 1987, ill. (färg) s 118.