LOT DETAILS

Materials:

graphite on paper

Measurements:

18.98 in. (48.20 cm.) (height) by 26.97 in. (68.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Vija Celmins 1981-82' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945-1986, December 1986-January 1988, pp. 98 and 341 (illustrated upside down). Santa Monica, Pence Gallery, Good Works, 1989. Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; Seattle, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Vija Celmins, November 1992-February 1994, p. 92 (illustrated upside down). San Francisco, Haines Gallery, Significant Artists: Works on Paper, October-November 1994. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000-January 2001, pp. 118, 300-301 and 356, fig. 84, no. 38 (illustrated in color). Paris, Centre Pompidou; Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Vija Celmins: Dessins/Drawings, October 2006-April 2007, pp. 112-113, no. 45 (illustrated in color upside down). San Jose Museum of Art, De-Natured: Work from the Anderson Collection and the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection, October 2007-January 2008, p. 12 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

K. Baker, "Vija Celmins: Drawing without Withdrawing," Artforum, vol. 22, no. 3, November 1983, p. 64 (illustrated upside down). W. S. Bartman, ed., Vija Celmins, New York, 1992, p. 56 (illustrated upside down). S. Wagstaff, "Vija Celmins," Parkett, no. 32, June 1992, p. 10. L. Relyea, R. Gober and B. Fer, Vija Celmins, New York, 2004, p. 89 (illustrated upside down).

Provenance:

David McKee Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1983