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Succession, 1998 - The Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, 1998 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998
The Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, 1998
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998 - The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000 – 1998 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998
The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000 – 1998
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998 - Art Institute of Chicago, 2000 – 1998 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998
Art Institute of Chicago, 2000 – 1998
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998 - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 1999
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998 - The Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, 1998 – 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998
The Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, 1998 – 1999
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1998 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Succession, 1998
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1998
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Succession, 1998 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1998 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Succession, 1998
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1998
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Succession, 1998 - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, 2000 – 1998 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998
SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, 2000 – 1998
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998 - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, 2000 – 1998 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998
SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, 2000 – 1998
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998 - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, 2000 – 1998 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998
SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, 2000 – 1998
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998 - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 1999 - Photo: Katrin Schilling
Succession, 1998
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 1999
Photo: Katrin Schilling
Succession, 1998 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1998 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Succession, 1998
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1998
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
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A completely empty room wherein there is nothing to see except a southern-facing window. As visitors near the window, they see green grass - 'Succession'.

Consisting of a grass lawn, the artwork has been installed in four sites to date: Vilnius, Lithuania, 1998; Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1999; Ghent, Belgium, 2000; and Chicago, USA, 2000. Located in museums or in pedestrian streets, Succession can either be installed on ground level or, as shown, elevated on scaffolding several meters above ground.