Block 2 of Story of E.A.T. Part I (Q24636)

Jean Tinguely arrived in New York in 1960 for an exhibition at the Staempfli Gallery. Pontus Hulten told me that I should ask him if he needed any help. He had received an offer to build a sculpture in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art. I asked Tinguely, ”What do you need?” His answer was, “bicycle wheels.” We gathered the material from bicycle shops in New Jersey and the garbage dump...