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Edward Kienholz
A Lady Named Zoa1960

Not on view
Tall assemblage sculpture combining stacked wooden boxes, a small doll figure at the top, and a single wooden leg on a black metal tripod stand

Edward Kienholz, A Lady Named Zoa, 1960, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Lillian Alpers, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edward Kienholz
United States, Washington, active Indiana, Hope, and California, Los Angeles, 1927-1994
Title
A Lady Named Zoa
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1960
Medium
Paint, fiberglass, mannequin parts, dispensing machine, enameling kiln and stool
Dimensions
64 × 18 × 18 in. (162.56 × 45.72 × 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lillian Alpers
Accession Number
M.86.179
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.

  • Tuchman, Maurice. Edward Kienholz. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966.

Copyright
© The Edward and Nancy Kienholz Foundation, Inc. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.

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