Escalera de caracol (Staircase) by Juan Muñoz
Art Institute of Chicago

Escalera de caracol (Staircase)

Juan Muñoz · 1984

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist. Sold through Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, to Judith Neisser, Chicago, Feb. 20, 2001 [invoice; copy in curatorial object file], partially given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 12, 2001 [full ownership obtained on Dec. 30, 2018].

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Juan Munoz, Oct. 18, 2001–Jan. 13, 2002, cat. 2; Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 14, 2002–Dec. 8, 2002; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Feb. 1, 2003–Mar. 30, 2003; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, May 4, 2003–July 27, 2003.
  • London, Tate Modern, Juan Muñoz: A Retrospective, Jan. 24, 2008–Apr. 27, 2008, no cat. no; Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, May 27, 2008–Sept. 28, 2008; Porto, Portugal, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Nov. 1, 2008–Jan. 18, 2009 (London only).

Literature

Published references

  • Jean-Marc Poinsot, Juan Muñoz: Sculptures de 1985 à 1987, exh. cat. (Bordeaux: CapcMusée d’art contemporain, 1987), 20, 21 (color ill.), as Escalera de caracole.
  • Guy Tosatto, Juan Muñoz, exh. cat. (Nîmes, France: Carré d’art-Musée d’art contemporain, 1994), 67 (ill.), as Spiral Staircase.
  • Neal David Benezra, Olga M. Viso, Michael Brenson, and Paul Schimmel, Juan Muñoz, exh. cat. (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2001), 31, 82 (ill.), 84 (color ill.), 140.
  • Sheena Wagstaff and John Berger, Juan Muñoz: A Retrospective, exh. cat. (London: Tate Publishing, 2008), 4 (color ill.), 5 (color ill.), 95, 96, 103, 172.

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