Untitled (Grief Is Devastating) by Larry Johnson
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Grief Is Devastating)

Larry Johnson · 1985

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist; sold through 303 Gallery, New York to Marvin (d. 2006) and Alice Kosmin, New York, 1988; sold to Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, 2013; sold to Eric Ceputis and David W. Williams, Chicago, 2020; offered as a promised gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • New York, 303 Gallery, James Casebere, Larry Johnson, Jeff Koons, Nov. 5–Dec. 1, 1985, no cat.
  • Chicago, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, CalArts: Skeptical Belief(s), May 6–June 27, 1987, no cat. no; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Jan. 24–Mar. 20, 1988.
  • XLIII Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte La Biennale di Venezia, June 26–Sept. 25, 1988, cat. 2.
  • Los Angeles, The Hammer Museum, Larry Johnson, June 21–Sept. 2009, no cat no.

Literature

Published references

  • Catherin Lord, CalArts: Skeptical Belief(s), exh. cat. (Newport Harbor Museum/Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, 1987), 40 (ill.), 71
  • Biennale di Venezi, XLIII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte la Biennale di Venezia, exh. cat. (Venice: Alfieri Edizioni d'Arte, 1988), 298, cat. 2.
  • Lee Edelman, Russel Ferguson, and Esther Leslie, Larry Johnson, exh. cat. (Hammer Museum/Delmonico Books/Prestel Publishing, 2009), 16-17 (color ill), 18, 34, 113.

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