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Bittersweet
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Richard Capizzi
Contemporary Art
PORTFOLIO/SERIES
Peter Norton Family Christmas Project
ARTISTS
Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Richard Capizzi
MEDIUM
25 pieces of chocolate in a box
DATES
2011
DIMENSIONS
Closed box: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (19 x 19 x 4 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2015.56.19a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Arnold and Pamela Lehman
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A collaboration between New York City based architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro and a chocolatier Richard Capizzi, the piece features twenty-five pieces of three-dimensional numbers, cast in chocolate and arranged in descending numerical order from lightest to darkest chocolate. As the numbers get smaller and the chocolate darker, the pieces decrease in height. Contained in a clear plastic box (a=box bottom & chocolates, b=box lid), with vaccuformed cover for chocolates.; The box wrapped in paper wrapper.
Chocalatier: Richard Capizzi
Project Team:
Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, William Ngo, Alexandra E. Woolsey Puffer & Christopher Connock
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Bittersweet, 2011. 25 pieces of chocolate in a box, Closed box: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (19 x 19 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arnold and Pamela Lehman, 2015.56.19a-b. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of the artist, CUR.2015.56.19a-b_Capizzi_photograph.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2015.56.19a-b_Capizzi_photograph.jpg. Image courtesy of the artist, 2015
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