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1993

Benjamin Patterson

American, 1934 - 2016

Plastic toys, CDs, and found objects on canvas

24 x 18 x 4 in. (61 x 45.7 x 10.2 cm)

Gift of Dr. Elizabeth A. Patterson

2019.8

Provenance: The artist; bequeathed to his sister, Elizabeth Patterson, Mill Creek, Washington, 2016

Photo: Scott Leen

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryWiesbaden, Germany, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Benjamin Patterson: Born in the State of FLUX/us, June 2 - Sept. 23, 2012 (*exhibition circulated to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and the Studio Museum in Harlem, but painting exhibited in Wiesbaden only).

Published ReferencesGruhn, Elke. Benjamin Patterson: Living Fluxus. London: Koenig Books; Wiesbaden: Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, 2012. P. 280, reproduced (details) pp. 139, 263, 289.

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