Beyond the Gates of Eden

Artist Dave Heath (Canadian, born United States, 1931 - 2016)

Date1969

MediumSlide carousels and 35mm slides

DimensionsOverall (carousel): 2 1/4 × 9 1/2 inches (5.72 × 24.13 cm)
Overall (box): 9 7/8 × 9 7/8 × 2 1/2 inches (25.08 × 25.08 × 6.35 cm)
Each (slide): 2 × 2 inches (5.08 × 5.08 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: Courtesy of The Spencer Art Reference Library at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, from the Carl Chiarenza Library

Object number2018.53

Signednone

InscribedBOX 1: On lid of exterior box, upper right, in black pen: "Dave Heath / Beyond the Gates of Eden"; Upper right, in pencil: "Chiarenza"; On side, in black pen: "1A"; On side, in orange and red pencil: "1A / Heath / Eden"; BOX 2: On lid of exterior box, center, in black pen: "Dave Heath / Beyond the Gates of Eden"; On side, in red pencil: "Heath / Eden".

MarkingsTRAY 1: On perimeter, in red marker: "BU / UMS"; On bottom, in red marker: "BU / UMS". TRAY 1 slides: On blank slide, white label with black and red pen: "R-0 gate / BEYOND / THE GATES / OF / EDEN / DAVE / HEATH '69"; Individual slides, each with a white label, in black pen: "R-1" numbered continuously ending with "R-80". TRAY 2: Taped label on side, in black marker: "LEFT". TRAY 2 slides: On blank slide, white label with black and red pen: "L-0 gate / BEYOND / THE GATES / OF / EDEN / DAVE / HEATH '69"; Individual slides, each with a white label, in black pen: "L-1" numbered continuously ending with "L-80".

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DescriptionTwo Kodak carousels in original boxes each housing 80 image slides and 1 blank identification slide.
The photographs were originally presented in a two-screen slide sequence for Beyond the Gates of Eden. All images are by Heath, except for an introductory image by Walker Evans. The images are accompanied by an audio track that begins with Heath’s recitation of a stanza of a poem by William Everson and continues with Tim Buckley’s song “Pleasant Street.”Provenance

Provenance

Purchased from Carl Chiarenza, Rochester New York by the Spencer Art Reference Library at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013;
Transferred by them to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2018.

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