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Musca

Date1968
Maker Dan Christensen American, 1942 - 2007
Object number86.135
Provenance[Richard Bellamy, New York, New York]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dootson, Bellevue, Washington; gifted to the Seattle Art Museum, October 6, 1986
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, South Hall Installation, October 19, 2007 - present. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Collection Highlights: 1945 To The Present, Sept. 12, 1996 - June 1, 1997. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum Pavilion, Seattle Center, American Art of the 1970s: A Selection of Works from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dootson, Apr. 19 - June 10, 1979. Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Seattle Show, May 9 - June 22, 1975. No cat. no., reproduced n.p.Published References"The Seattle Show." Santa Barbara, CA: The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1975, illus. (pages unnumbered)
Credit LineGift of the Robert B. and Honey Dootson Collection
Dimensions108 x 132 in. (274.3 x 335.3 cm)
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dan Christensen
1975
Object number: 85.363
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Agnes Martin
1985
Object number: 95.39
Susanna and the Elders (Novelty Hotel)
Robert Colescott
1980
Object number: 84.170
Photo: Mark Woods
Robert Colescott
1969
Object number: 70.123
Venus Revealed
Helen Frankenthaler
1973
Object number: 2014.25.22
Photo: Paul Macapia
Anselm Kiefer
1996
Object number: 99.85
Black Series: Couleurs Noires
Ghada Amer
2000
Object number: 2002.5
Hold
Helen Frankenthaler
ca. 1974
Object number: 2005.135
Photo: Gagosian Gallery
Andy Warhol
1984
Object number: 2019.24
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Takashi Murakami
2002
Object number: 2016.24.1
Photo: Spike Mafford / Zocalo Studios. Courtesy of the Friday Foundation
Helen Frankenthaler
1967
Object number: 2020.14.5
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Brenna Youngblood
2015
Object number: 2016.7.1