Juan Muñoz, Spanish, b. Madrid, 1953–2001 Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
66 1/2 × 244 3/4 × 321 1/8 in. (168.9 × 621.7 × 815.7 cm) as installed
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
(1994-1995)
Provenance:
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, to 13 April 1995
Museum Purchase, 1995
Exhibition History:
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Installation on museum plaza, March 1996-April 2019.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Directions: Juan Muñoz," March 6-15 June 1997, exh. brochure, p. 3.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, no. 118, color ill. p. 74.
THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN. Installation (extended loan), Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park, 1 October 2019-present.
Published References:
UNSIGNED. "The Buyers and the Givers of 1995," Art Newspaper 55 (January 1996), n.p.
UNSIGNED. "Around and About SI," The Torch: A Monthly Newspaper for Smithsonian Institution Staff (May 1996), ill. p. 2.
FLETCHER, VALERIE J. "Juan Muñoz," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), p. 163, color ill p. 162.
HOWELL, GEORGE. "Juan Muñoz: Figurative Metaphors on the Washington Mall," Sculpture 16, no. 1 (January 1997), ill. p. 8.
SHAW-EAGLE, JOANNA. "'Recent Acquisitions' at the Hirshhorn Paints Broad Sweep," Washington Times (20 July 1997), p. D4.
FLETCHER, VALERIE J. A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, in association with Thames & Hudson, 1998), no. 63, ill. pp. 91, 95.
SEARS, RACHEL. "About Exhibitions: Our Solar System and 'A Place Called Home,'" The Torch: A Monthly Newspaper for Smithsonian Institution Staff (October 2001), ill. p. 8.
BENEZRA, NEAL and OLGA M. VISO. Juan Muñoz (University of Chicago Press, 2001), pp. 47-48.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 307, p. 330.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1995
