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Black Wall Piece

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Black Wall Piece

1971

Peter Alexander

American, 1939 - 2020

Cast acrylic in five parts
67 x 98 1/2 in. (170.2 x 250.2cm)
Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2014.25.1
Provenance: [Ace Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Nov. 15, 1971
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Contemporary Art Council Collects Art of the 70s, Feb. 4 - Mar. 19, 1972

Newport, California, Orange County Museum of Art, Peter Alexander: In This Light, May 29 - Sept. 12, 1999 (Las Vegas, Nevada, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Oct. 8 - November 28, 1999). Text by Dave Hackey and Naomi Vine. No cat. no., reproduced p. 51, pl. 8.

Pullman, Washington, Museum of Art, Washington State University, 3 Degrees of Cool: Masterworks of Contemporary Art, Jan. 6 - Feb. 29, 2004

New York, New York, Foundation 20 21/ Nyehaus, Peter Alexander: Resin Works 1965 - 2009, July 6 - Nov. 2, 2009. Ed. by Tim Nye. Cat. no. 11, reproduced pl.11.

La Jolla, California, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Phenomenal: California Light and Space, Sept. 25, 2011 - Jan. 22, 2012, Text ed. by Robin Clark, Michael Auping. No cat. no.

Seattle, Washington, Wright Exhibition Space, 9 from L.A., Sept. 26 - Apr. 25, 2014
Published ReferencesFairbrother, Trevor. The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum in association with University of Washington Press, 1999; p. 199, reproduced on endsheet [not in exhibition].

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