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Vile Flower
Accession Number:
16_00292
Creator:
Robert Smithson (American , 1938-1973)
Creator:
Smithson, Robert
Classification:
Paintings
Course:
Obler AH3165
Culture:
American
Description:
image probably from exhibition held at Marlene Eleini Gallery (London), 24 Mar. - 27 May 1988. [Robert Smithson : early works - paintings & drawings 1959-1962.; Author:Paul Wood; Marlene Eleini Gallery (London); 1988];
Lot no. 187; Sale 1872 —FIRST OPEN POST- WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART;10 September 2007; price realized $61,000
Christie's, New York, Rockefeller Plaza];
[Provenance:Acquired from the artist;
The Estate of George Lester, Connecticut;
Exhibited:
New York, Marlene Eleini Gallery, Robert Smithson: Early Works, March-May 1988.
Oslo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art; Stockholm, Modern Museum and Ishoj, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Robert Smithson Retrospective: Works 1955-1973, February 1999-January 2000.
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Dallas Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, Robert Smithson, September 2004-October 2005, p. 15 (illustrated); http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/robert-smithson-vile-flower-4955796-details.aspx#top]
Location:
London, United Kingdom - Marlene Eleini Gallery, (exhibition); New York, United States - Christie's Auction House, (auction)
Material:
oil on canvas ; signed, titled and dated 'R. SMITHSON "VILE FLOWER' 1961' (on the reverse)
Measurement:
129.5 x 85.1 cm ()
Object Date:
1961 (creation)
Object Type:
paintings; canvas paintings
Style Period:
Contemporary -
Subject:
Christianity; Holy Sacrament; Holy Communion; Christianity; New Testament; Jesus Christ; Passion of Christ
Technique:
canvas, oil
Title:
Vile Flower
View:
General View: Full view
WorkID:
18383
Identifier:
18383_16_00292.jpg
Collection:
FAAH Collection
Record created:
March 23, 2016
Last modified:
April 28, 2016
Collection Memberships
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