Robert Irwin, American, b. Long Beach, California, 1928–2023 Search this
Medium:
Blow-molded acrylic and acrylic paint
Dimensions:
53 1/4 in. (135.3 cm) diam.
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
(1969)
Provenance:
Pace Gallery, New York, to 22 April 1986
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1986
Exhibition History:
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Recent Acquisitions 1983-1986," 17 November 1986-1 March 1987, unpublished checklist, p. 4.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Refract, Reflect, Project: Light Works from the Collection," 15 February-8 April 2007, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Robert Irwin: All the Rules Will Change," 7 April-5 September 2016, cat. ed. by Evelyn C. Hankins, colorpl. 28, pp. 88-89; figs. 3-4, pp. 132-135, 137; p. 175.
Published References:
ROSENZWEIG, PHYLLIS. "Robert Irwin," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), p. 32, color ill.
BJELAJAC, DAVID. American Art: A Cultural History (London: Laurence King, 2000; reprint 2003), p. 366, fig. 8.41, ill.
WEINER, ROB, ed. Robert Irwin: Untitled (Dawn to Dusk) (Marfa, Texas: The Chinati Foundation, 2019), fig. 25 (color), p. 235.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 238, p. 266.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1986
