
Art Institute of Chicago
Once a Noun, Now a Verb #2
Lari Pittman · 1998
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold through Regen Projects, Los Angeles, to Barbara Gladstone, New York, January 1998 [email from Erik Savercool, Dec. 15, 2020; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 31, 2020.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Los Angeles, Regen Projects, Lari Pittman: Once A Noun, Now A Verb, Jan. 24–Feb. 28, 1998, no cat.
- Exeter, England, Spacex Gallery, Lari Pittman: Paintings, 1992-1998, Apr. 4–May 9, 1998, cat. 27; Manchester, Cornerhouse, May 16–July 5, 1998; London, Institute of Contemporary Art, July 15–Sept. 6, 1998; Geneva, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Oct. 22, 1998–Jan. 10, 1999.
- Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Eden's Edge: Fifteen LA Artists, May 2–Sept. 2, 2007, cat. 5.
- Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence, Sept. 29, 2019–Jan. 5, 2020, no cat. no.; Jevnaker, Norway, Kistefo-Museet, May 24–Oct. 5, 2020.
- Mexico City, Museo Jumex, Lari Pittman: Lo que se ve, se pregunta, Nov. 4, 2022–Feb. 26, 2023, no cat. no.
Literature
Published references
- Spacex Gallery and Cornerhouse, Lari Pittman: Paintings, 1992–1998, exh. cat. (Manchester England: Cornerhouse; Exeter England: Spacex Gallery, 1998), n.p. (color ill.).
- Gary Garrels, Eden's Edge: Fifteen LA Artists, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2007), 12 (detail, color ill.), 31 (color ill.), 124, cat. 5 (color ill.).
- Connie Butler, ed., with contributions by Vanessa Arizmendi, George Baker, Donatien Grau, Helen Molesworth, adn Duro Olowu, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Hammer Museum; Munich; Londo ; New York: DelMonico Books - Prestel, 2019), 42,116 (color ill.), 277, 287.
- Kit Hammonds, Lari Pittman and Connie Butler, and Adriana Kuri Alamillo, exh. brochure (Mexico City: Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo--Museo Jumex, 2022), 77.
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