Black Palms
Date1983
Maker
Robert Longo
American, born 1953
Object number2014.25.45
Provenance[Metro Pictures, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, July 16, 1984
Exhibition HistoryBellingham, Washington, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Private Art/Public Visions, May 1 - 27, 1989
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Robert Longo 1976 to Present, Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 1989 (Chicago, Illinois, Museum of Contemporary Art, Feb. 17 - Apr. 22, 1990; Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, June 9 - Sept. 2, 1990). Text by Howard N. Fox. No cat. no., p. 37, reproudced pl. 33, fig. 29.
Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Power: Its Myths, Icons and Structures in American Culture from 1961 – 1991, Sept. 7 - Nov. 3, 1991 (Akron, Ohio, Akron Art Museum, Jan. 18 - Mar. 21, 1992; Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, May 11 - June 12, 1992). Text by Holliday Day, et al. No cat. no., reproduced fig. 31, p. 54.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4, 1999 - May 5, 1999. Text by Trevor Fairbrother. No cat. no., p. 199, reproduced pp. 132, 186.
Seattle, Washington, Wright Exhibition Space, Big is Better (or Some Claim), unknown start date - Mar. 6, 2010.Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions120 x 96 x 29 1/2 in. (304.8 x 243.8 x 74.9 cm)
MediumLacquer on wood and acrylic on metal on wood
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