When We Were at Home, 24

Skip to main content
Photograph by David Revette
When We Were at Home, 24
Photograph by David Revette
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photograph by David Revette. © Richard Tuttle.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1941)
Date2002
MediumAcrylic, fir plywood, cardboard and modeling paste
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 17 1/2 in. (40.6 × 44.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Bert A. Lies, Jr. MD, Class of 1960
Object number2015.7
Not on view
DescriptionLargely self-taught, Post-Minimalist artist Richard Tuttle creates three-dimensional objects that he commonly refers to as drawings rather than sculpture. Tuttle’s spare and restrained When We Were at Home, 24 has a handcrafted, homemade feel, as though he has constructed the work from some painted off-cuts that he found in his studio. Tuttle held his first exhibition at Betty Parsons Gallery in 1965 and was represented by the celebrated gallerist until her death in 1982.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2002:
Basel, Switzerland (Art Basel 33). Sperone Westwater booth, June 12-17, 2002.
Provenance 2015: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum), by gift of Bert Lies;
? - 2015: Bert Lies;
2002 - ?: Colorado-based private collector, by purchase from Sperone Westwater, New York, presumably at Art Basel 33;
2002: Sperone Westwater, New York, from the artist.
Markings Marks: none noted.
Signature Signed "Richard Tuttle" on verso at center in black felt-tip pen.
Inscribed " 'When We Were at Home, 24' / 2002" on verso at center in black felt-tip pen by artist.
Photograph by John Bentham.
Betty Parsons
Date: 1977
Medium: Acrylic on wood
Object number: 1986.52
Photo by John Bentham.
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Date: c. 1912
Medium: Oil on plywood
Object number: 1992.8
© Renée Stout. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, C…
Renée Stout
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil and acrylic on wood panel
Object number: 2023.3
The Capture of Abimael Guzmán
Nicario Jiménez Quispe
Date: c. 1992
Medium: Wood and boiled potato and gypsum powder paste with paint
Object number: 2024.6
Untitled
Michelle Grabner
Date: 2016
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 2017.5
Alpspitze, Mittenwald Road from Gschwandtnerbauer
Marsden Hartley
Date: c. 1933-34
Medium: Oil on cardboard
Object number: 1986.18
Torre dell' Orologio (Clocktower)
Carlo Ponti
Date: after 1852
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: 1990.37
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1186-1070 B.C.E.
Medium: Limestone with wash
Object number: 1943.59
Dessert Plates (Set of Six)
Flora Winegar Brigham
Date: 1885
Medium: Hard paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Object number: 1997.10.1.1-6
Compote
Sèvres Manufactory
Date: 1846
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze
Object number: 1992.43a-b
Luncheon Plate
Sèvres Manufactory
Date: 1838
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Object number: 1992.44
Photo by Paul Salveson.
Wendy Red Star
Date: 2023
Medium: Acrylic, graphite, kitakata paper, coated pastel paper
Object number: 2024.20.1-4