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The Berliner

1994

John Currin

American, born 1962

Oil on canvas

20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2020.15.6

Provenance: [Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York]; [Donald Young Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 1995]

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Donald Young Gallery, John Currin, Mar. - Apr. 1995.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Museum, 25 Americans: Painting in the 90s, Sept. 8 - Nov. 12, 1995.

New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Project #60: Currin, Peyton, Tuymans, June 26 - Sept. 9, 1997.

Chicago, Illinois, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, John Currin, May 3 - Aug. 24, 2003 (London, England, Serpentine Gallery, John Currin, Sept. 8 - Nov. 2, 2003; New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nov. 20, 2003 - Feb. 22, 2004).

Montreal, Quebec, DHC/ART Foundation, John Currin, June 29 - Nov. 13, 2011.

Dallas, Texas, Dallas Contemporary, John Currin: My Life as a Man, Sept. 15. - Dec. 22, 2019. Reproduced on cover.

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