Pathfinder by Peter Cain
Art Institute of Chicago

Pathfinder

Peter Cain · 1992–93

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Estate of the artist; sold through Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 19, 2016.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1993 Biennial Exhibition, Feb. 24–June 30, 1993, no cat. no.
  • New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition: Richmond Burton, Peter Cain, John Chamberlain, Katharina Fritsch, Andreas Gursky, Roni Horn, Gary Hume, Andy Warhol, July 7-28, 1995, no cat.
  • Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, 25 Americans: Painting in the 90s, Sept. 8–Nov. 5, 1995, cat. 9.
  • New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Peter Cain: More Courage and Less Oil, Oct. 5–Nov. 23, 2002, cat. 11.
  • New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, Feb. 6– June 1, 2013, no cat. no.

Literature

Published references

  • Elisabeth Sussman, Thelma Golden, John G. Hanhardt, and Lisa Phillips, 1993 Biennial Exhibition, exh. cat. (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1993), 277.
  • Dean Sobel, 25 Americans: Painting in the 90s, exh. cat. (Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1995), 29, cat. 9.
  • James Auer, "Art Museum Exhibit Embraces Pluralism." Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, September 10, 1995, n.p. (color ill.).
  • Maxwell Anderson, et al., 2000 Biennial Exhibition (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2000), 25 (ill., installation).
  • Carroll Dunham and Bob Nickas, Peter Cain: More Courage and Less Oil, exh. cat. (New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2002), n.p., pl. 11 (color ill., installation), n.p., fig. 11 (ill.), n.p. cat. 11.
  • Jerry Saltz, “Carpe Diem,” The Village Voice, Oct. 23, 2002, 67 (ill.).
  • Christian Viveros-Faune. "Peter Cain." New York Press, Nov. 13, 2002, 31 (color ill.).
  • Massimiliano Gioni, Gary Carrion-Murayari, Jenny Moore, and Margot Norton, eds. NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, exh. cat. (New York: New Museum, 2013), 29 (color ill.).
  • Beau Rutland, Richard Meyer, and Collier Schorr, Peter Cain (New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2017), 27, 68, 69 (color ill), 129, 131, fig. 22 (color ill., installation).
  • Carroll Dunham, "Head Over Wheels: On Peter Cain." Reprinted in Paul Chan and Scott Rothkopf, eds. Into Words: The Selected Writings of Carroll Dunham (New York: Badlands Unlimited, 2017), 5 (ill.).

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