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Artist
Red Grooms
(American b. 1937)
Date1997
MediumEnamel on aluminum
DimensionsOverall: 44 x 33 1/2 x 38 in. (111.8 x 85.1 x 96.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art
Object number99.11
ClassificationsSculpture
Object NameMixed Media
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedon base: Red Grooms '97
Inscribedstamp on base: 2/2
Edition2/2
Exhibition HistoryRed Grooms and the Heroism of Modern Life, Palmer Museum of Art, September 12–December 23, 1998Provenancethe ArtistPublished ReferencesDana Carlisle Kletchka, "The Art of Red Grooms: Selections from the Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University," Art Education 55, no. 4 (July 2002): 29, 30 (ill.).
Red Grooms and the Heroism of Modern Life (exh. cat.) (University Park, PA: Palmer Museum of Art, 1998), 16 (ill., color), 18, 20 (no. 15).