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Edward Kienholz
The U.S. Duck, or Home from the Summit1960

Not on view
Wall-mounted assemblage sculpture combining painted wood strips forming an open hexagonal enclosure around a bird figure with a cobalt blue head and bold red and white striped body

Edward Kienholz, The U.S. Duck, or Home from the Summit, 1960, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edward Kienholz
United States, Washington, active Indiana, Hope, and California, Los Angeles, 1927-1994
Title
The U.S. Duck, or Home from the Summit
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1960
Medium
Construction
Dimensions
26 7/16 x 21 1/4 x 6 in. (67.15 x 53.98 x 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Bequest
Accession Number
AC1999.35.27
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography

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

  • Hopps, Walter. Edward Kienholz, 1954-1962. Houston: Menil Foundation, 1995.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.

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