Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009
The Year
Acquisitions
Contemporary Art: July 2008–June 2009
Double - Doors II (A + B)
2006–07
Rachel Whiteread
A (White) 78 11/16 32 11/16 x 7 1/2 inches (199.87 x 83.03 x 19.05 cm)
B (Light gray glazed) 78 x 30 11/16 x 4 11/16 (198.12 x 99.95 x 11.91 cm)
Plasticized plaster with interior aluminum framework, two panels
Classification: Sculpture
Accession number: 2008.643.1-2
Location: John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille Gallery (Familiar–Altered)
Provenance/Ownership History: The Artist, with Gagosian Gallery, London, England: sold by Gagosian to MFA. (Accession Date: September 17 2008)
Museum purchase in honor of Cheryl Brutvan, Robert L. Beal, Enid L. Beal and Bruce L. Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, 1998–2008, with funds donated by the Barbara Lee Endowment for Contemporary Art by Women, Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Fund, Elizabeth and J. Atwood Ives, Joyce and Edward Linde, Ann and Graham Gund, Richard and Nancy Lubin, Davis and Carol Noble, Susan W. Paine, Robert and Jane Burke, John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille, Henry and Lois Foster Contemporary Purchase Fund, Audrey and Jim Foster, Marlene and David Persky, Gail and Ernst von Metzsch, Eloise and Arthur Hodges, Steven Rogowski, Lorraine and Alan Bressler, Ellen and Robert Jaffe, Katherine R. Kirk, Linda and Daniel Waintrup, Rhonda and Michael Zinner, Allison D. Salke, and David Andrew Trust