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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
Alpha Diamond I
Francis Celentano
1968
Object number: 69.5
Black Series: Couleurs Noires
Ghada Amer
2000
Object number: 2002.5
She felt a strong sense...
Markus Muntean
2000
Object number: 2002.32
Relic
Kenneth Noland
1969
Object number: 2005.134
Hold
Helen Frankenthaler
ca. 1974
Object number: 2005.135
John Franklin Koenig
1953
Object number: 2009.62.8
Billy Al Bengston
1976
Object number: 2014.25.8
Venus Revealed
Helen Frankenthaler
1973
Object number: 2014.25.22
Paint and Painted
Neil Jenney
1969
Object number: 2014.25.33
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Takashi Murakami
2002
Object number: 2016.24.1