
Art Institute of Chicago
Cri du Coeur
Nancy Spero · 2005
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; by descent to her sons Paul Golub (born 1961), Philip Golub (born 1954), and Stephen Golub (1953–2020) [later the Stephen Golub Fine Arts Trust]; sold through Galerie Lelong, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, June 2, 2026.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Galerie Lelong, Cri du Coeur, Oct. 29-Dec. 3, 2005, no cat.
- São Paulo, 29th International São Paulo Bienal/There is always a cup of sea to sail in, Sept. 25–Dec. 12, 2010, no cat. no.
- Worcester Art Museum, Nancy Spero: Cri du Coeur, May 18-Oct. 13, 2013, no cat. no.
- Venice, Punta della Dogana, Slip of the Tongue, Apr. 12-Jan. 10, 2016 (extended to Feb. 15, 2016?), cat info forthcoming.
Literature
Published references
- Cate McQuaid, "A cry of loss - and love - in installation by Nancy Spero," The Boston Globe, July 2, 2003, forthcoming.
- Jon Bird and David Levi Strauss, "Artseen: Nancy Spero; The Drawing Center & Galerie Lelong," The Brooklyn Rail (December 2005/Janaury 2006): forthcoming.
- Thomas McEvilley, "Spero's Cry," Art in America 94 (May 2006): 162-163 (color ills.), 164.
- Catherine de Zegher, Persistent Vestiges: Drawing from the American-Vietnam War, exh. cat. (New York: Drawing Center, 2005), 193 (color ill.)
- Susan Sollins, Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century 4 (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2007), 61 (color ill.).
- Nancy Spero et. al., Codex Spero: Nancy Spero - Selected Writings and Interviews 1950-2008, exh. cat. (Amsterdam: Stichting Roma Publications and Appel Arts Centre, 2008), forthcoming.
- Hans Ulrich Obrist, Nancy Spero (Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2008), 71 (ill.).
- Christopher Lyon et al., Nancy Spero: The Work (Munich; New York: Prestel, 2010), 252, 311, 312 (color ill.).
- Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias, 29th International São Paulo Bienal/There is always a cup of sea to sail in, exh. cat. (São Paulo: Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 2010), 300-301 (color ills.), 434.
- Susan L. Stoops and Lauren O’Neill-Butler, Nancy Spero: Cri Du Coeur, exh. cat. (Worcester: Worcester Art Museum, 2013).
- Elisabeth Lebovici, The slip of the tongue, exh. leaflet (Venice: Marsilio Editori, 2015), n.p. (ill.).
- Julie Ault, ed., The slip of the tongue, exh. cat. (Venice: Marsilio Editori, 2015), forthcoming.
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