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John Baldessari
Heel1986

Not on view
Large-scale gallery installation combining multiple black-and-white photographic panels with painted yellow and blue circles and a red looping line, depicting crowds, hands, figures, and a laughing woman

John Baldessari, Heel, 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art Council Fund, digital image © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
John Baldessari
United States,1931-2020
Title
Heel
Date Made
1986
Medium
Black-and-white photographs with oil tint, oil stick, and acrylic
Dimensions
Overall: 106 1/2 x 87 in. (270.51 x 220.98 cm); a) 73 1/4 x 45 5/8 in. (186.1 x 115.89 cm); b) 28 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (73.03 x 52.71 cm); c) 76 x 20 3/4 in. (193.04 x 52.71 cm); d) 33 1/2 x 45 5/8 in. ( 85.09 x 115.89 cm)
Credit Line
Modern and Contemporary Art Council Fund
Accession Number
M.87.130a-d
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Heartney, Eleanor. Postmodernism. London: Tate Gallery Publishing Limited, 2001.
  • Stewart, Mary. Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002.
  • Arnason, H.H., and Marla F. Prather. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998.

  • Augaitis, Daina, Bruce Grenville and Stephanie Rebick, eds. MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2016.
  • Learning to Read with John Baldessari. Mexico City: Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, 2017.
Copyright
© John Baldessari 1986. Courtesy Estate of John Baldessari

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