History as a Planter

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History as a Planter

United States, 1961
Sculpture; assemblages
Wood, metal, paper, paint, soil, plant (Wandering Jew), and aluminum container
33 × 18 11/16 × 12 3/8 in. (83.82 × 47.47 × 31.43 cm)
Anonymous gift through the Contemporary Art Council (M.64.47a-d)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Hopps, Walter. Edward Kienholz, 1954-1962. Houston: Menil Foundation, 1995.
  • Kienholz, Edward. Works from the 1960's. [Washington, D.C.]: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1967.
  • Tuchman, Maurice. Edward Kienholz. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966.

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  • Hopps, Walter. Edward Kienholz, 1954-1962. Houston: Menil Foundation, 1995.
  • Kienholz, Edward. Works from the 1960's. [Washington, D.C.]: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1967.
  • Tuchman, Maurice. Edward Kienholz. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966.

    View this publication in LACMA's Reading Room

  • Tuchman, Maurice.  Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions: Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
  • Kienholz: Berlin, Hope. Venice: L.A. Louver, 2014.
  • "A Pictorial Essay on the Los Angeles County Museum." The Art Gallery 8, no.9 (1965): 7-15, 30-34.

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