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Jim Shaw
Tree of Knowledge1988

Not on view
Oil painting of two boys reading books on either side of a large tree with reddish-brown bark, more books scattered on the ground below
Artist or Maker
Jim Shaw
United States, Michigan, Midland, born 1952
Title
Tree of Knowledge
Date Made
1988
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Framed: 17 5/8 x 14 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (44.77 x 37.47 x 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Partial gift of Judy and Stuart Spence and purchased with funds provided by the Robert H. Halff Endowment and the Contemporary Art Deaccession
Accession Number
M.2009.101.8
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Carrion-Murayari, Gary and Massimiliano Gioni, eds. Jim Shaw: The End is Here. New York: Skira Rizzoli Publications, in association with New Museum, 2015.