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Artist:
Larry Rivers, American, b. Bronx, New York, 1923–2002  Search this
Medium:
Oil, collage, graphite, and colored pencil on canvas
Dimensions:
80 × 61 in. (203.2 × 154.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1964
Provenance:
Gimpel Fils, London, to 25 June 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 25 June 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History:
NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Roslyn Harbor, New York. "Art after Art," 27 September 1994-2 January 1995.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Paris--New York--Hollywood: The Art of Larry Rivers," May-August 2002.
GUILD HALL MUSEUM, East Hampton, New York. "Larry Rivers: Major Early Works," 9 August-19 October 2008.
MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. p. 65.
Published References:
JOHNSON, KEN. "Portraits Shockingly Intimate a Half-Century Ago Now Assume a Softer Patina," New York Times (15 August 2008), p. B26.
HOFFMAN, BARBARA. "Rivers Floats Above Rest," New York Post (15 August 2008), p. 52.
BAUM, JOAN. "Larry Rivers: Major Early Works--1952-1966--At Guild Hall," Hamptons.com (20 August 2008), n.p., ill.
ERNST, ERIC. "Struggle is Apparent in Art by Rivers," Southampton Press (21 August 2008), ill. p. B2.
HUNTER, SAM et al. "Larry Rivers: Major Early Works," (East Hampton, New York: Guild Hall Museum, 2008), cover ill. [exhibition brochure]
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 203, color ill. pp. 225.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4295
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School:
Pop Precursors
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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EDAN-URL:
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