Art Institute of Chicago

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Paul Thek · 1969

Provenance

Ownership history

The artist; given to Ritsaert ten Cate, Loenersloot (1938-2008), the Netherlands, by 1969 [this and the following according to correspondence with Pace Gallery/Paul Thek Estate, Aug. 8, 2025; copy in curatorial object file]; given to Robert Wilson (1941-2025), New York, Mar. 1, 2006; given to Christopher Green (born 1967), Champaign, IL, 2006; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 21, 2026.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Loenersloot, Netherlands, Galerie Mickery, Paul Thek: The Procession/Easter in a Pear Tree also known as Decorations for a Tree, Wires and a Cross (The Artist’s Co-op), Apr. 6–Sept. 1, 1969, no cat.
Loenersloot, Netherlands, Galerie Mickery, Paul Thek: Crèche, Dec. 24/25, 1970–undetermined closing date, no cat.
Watermill, NY, Watermill Center, Thek Room, July 15, 2017-July 1, 2018, no cat.
Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Jenny Holzer: Thing Indescribable, Mar. 22–Sept. 9, 2019, no cat. no.
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, Bard College, Hessel Museum of Art, lnbetweener, Aug.4 –Aug. 24, 2020, cat. D.
Watermill, NY, Watermill Center, Paul Thek: Interior/ Landscape, July 31–Nov. 13, 2021, no cat.
Los Angeles, Pace Gallery, The Monster, Feb. 1–Mar. 22, 2025, no cat.

Literature

Iñigo Urkullu, Juan Ignacio Vidarte, Carlos Torres Vila, and Philip Larratt-Smith, Jenny Holzer: Lo indescriptible/Thing indescribable, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, 2019), 104-105 (color ill.).
Elizaveta Shneyderman, Inbetweener, exh. cat. (Annandale-On-Hudson, NY: Bard College, Hessel Museum of Art, 2020), n.p., cat. D, fig. 8 (ill).
Katy Diamond Hamer, ArtSeen. “Paul Thek: Interior / Landscape” Brooklyn Rail (September 2021), Online, (color ills.), https://brooklynrail.org/2021/09/artseen/Paul-Thek-Interior-Landscape/

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