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

Jim Shaw, Tree of Knowledge, 1988, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Partial gift of Judy and Stuart Spence and purchased with funds provided by the Robert H. Halff Endowment and the Contemporary Art Deaccession, digital image © Museum Associates / LACMA

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.
Copyright: © Jim Shaw

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Jim Shaw
Tree of Knowledge1988

Not on view

Jim Shaw, Tree of Knowledge, 1988, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Partial gift of Judy and Stuart Spence and purchased with funds provided by the Robert H. Halff Endowment and the Contemporary Art Deaccession, digital image © Museum Associates / LACMA

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.