Two Voided Books (Part 1 of 2)
John Baldessari, American, 1931 - 20201990
Black and white photograph, vinyl paint
Overall: 62 × 69 1/2 in. (157.5 × 176.5 cm)
Frame: 62 3/16 × 48 1/4 × 1 in. (158 × 122.5 × 2.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Anonymous Gift
2018.37.1A
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Classification
Photograph
Not on view
Exhibition History
Untitled (Reading Room), Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, July 8 - August 19, 1995
Tangles, Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, November 2 - December 21, 1996
Library, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, July 26 - August 26, 2000
Learning to Read with John Baldessari, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, November 11, 2017 - April 8, 2018
John Baldessari: Breda Fotografica, Museum de Beyerd, Breda, July 15 - September 11, 1994
John Baldessari, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, April 21 - May 26, 1990
Codex, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, January 23 - March 29, 2014
Baldessari: While something is happening here, Something else is happening there. Works 1998 - 1999, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, September 26, 1999 - January 2, 2000; also traveled to Staatliche Kunstammlunger Dresden, Gemaldegalerie Neue Meister, January 15 - April 4, 2000
Publication History
Stewart, Garrett. Bookwork: Medium to Object to Concept to Art. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Published References
Peter Pakesch, John Baldessari (exhibition catalogue), Kunsthaus Graz, Cologne, 2005, illus. p. 84 John Baldessari (exhibition catalogue), Museo Jumex, Mexico City, 2017, illus. p. 14
Provenance
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, date unknown; private collection; given to present collection, 2018.
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