LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink and acrylic on canvas

Measurements:

101.26 in. (257.20 cm.) (height) by 208.46 in. (529.50 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

New York, The Project, Layering Chaos, December 2001. New York, New Museum, Out of Site: Fictional Architectural Spaces, June-October 2002, pp. 8-9, 32, 34 and 63 (illustrated in color). Turin, Castello Di Rivoli Museo d'Arte, I Moderni, The Moderns, April-August 2003, pp. 142-143 (illustrated in color). New York, Museum of Modern Art, Comic Abstraction: Image Breaking, Image Making, March-June 2007, pp. 30, 78 and 80-81 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

F. Sirmans, "Mapping a New, and Urgent, History of the World," New York Times, 9 December 2001, p. AR 41. C. Berwick, "10 Artists to Watch: Julie Mehretu: Excavating Runes," ARTnews, March 2002, p. 95 (illustrated in color). M. Gaines, "Aftershocks," Artext, summer 2002, pp. 26 and 36-37 (illustrated in color). Flash Art, November/December 2002, vol. 35 (illustrated in color on the cover). H. Sheets, "In the Studio: Julie Mehretu," Art & Auction, October 2006, p. 48 (illustrated in color). M. Schuppli, "On the Painting of Julie Mehretu: Flies in Amber," Parkett, 2006, no. 76, p. 57 (illustrated in color). L. Chua, et. al., Julie Mehretu: Black City, New York, 2006, pp. 72-75 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

The Project, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2001.