
Art Institute of Chicago
Stamford after Brunch
John Currin · 2000
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold through Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, to Andrea Rosen, 2000 [email from Andrea Rosen Gallery in object file]; sold through Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, to Stefan Edlis, Chicago, June 24, 2004 [copy of invoice in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 21, 2015.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, John Currin, May 3–Aug. 24, 2003, no cat. no.; London, Serpentine Gallery, Sept. 9–Nov. 2, 2003; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nov. 20, 2003–Feb. 22, 2004.
- Montreal, DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art, John Currin, June 30–Nov. 13, 2011, no. cat. no
Literature
Published references
- Dodie Kazanjian, “The Young Master,” Vogue 190, no. 11 (Nov. 2000), 484–485 (color. Ill.).
- Sibylle Berg, “Viele bunte Bilder, darauf:/Lots of Colorful Pictures, in Them:” Parkett 65 (Sept. 2002), 47 (color ill.).
- Robert Storr, “John Currin: Master of the Grotesque,” Art Press 280 (June 2002), 50 (color ill.).
- Robert Rosenblum, Staci Boris, and Rochelle Steiner, John Currin, exh. cat. (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago/Serpentine Gallery/Harry N. Abrams, 2003), 2–3 (color ill.), 21, 52, 81, 117.
- Jessica Berens, “We Are Not a Muse,” The Observer Magazine, Aug. 31, 2003, 20–21 (color ill.).
- Tom Lubbock, “Borrowed and Blue: Why Are John Currin’s Painted Figures So Unsettling?” The Independent, Sept. 9, 2003, 14–15 (ill.).
- Peter Chapman, “Private View: John Currin at Serpentine Gallery,” The Independent, Sept. 20, 2003, 15 (ill.).
- Andrew Lambirth, “Slick and Distasteful,” The Spectator, Sept. 20, 2003, 60 (ill.).
- Robert Cumming, “John Currin,” Art Review, 1, no. 12 (Nov. 2003), 101 (color ill.).
- Michael Kimmelmann, “With Barbed Wit Afterthought,” The New York Times, Nov. 21, 2003, E31 (color ill.).
- Jemima Montagu, “John Currin: Serpentine Gallery, London, “Modern Painters, 16, no. 4 (Winter 2003), 119 (color ill.).
- Richard Lacayo, “Designing Women: John Currin Is the Big Painter of the Moment, His Retrospective Makes You Ask, Does Size Matter?” Time 162, no. 24 (Dec. 15, 2003) 79 (color ill.).
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