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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 8, 2011 | Christie's | New York | Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection | 3 | $****** - ****** | Untitled (When I hear the word culture I take out my checkbook) |
photographs
349.8 x 170.1 cm (137.72 x 66.97 in)
three gelatin silver prints in artist's frames
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York. Veronica and Arthur Pastel, Pasadena. Jeanne Meyers Arts, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985 Biennial Exhibition, March-May 1985, p. 66 (illustrated in color). Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Spectrum: In Other Words, May-June 1986 (illustrated). New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Barbara Kruger, May 1987, p. 31 (illustrated in color). Wellington, National Art Gallery, Shed 11, Temporary/Contemporary, Barbara Kruger, March-May 1988, no. 18 (illustrated). Claremont, Pomona College, Montgomery Art Gallery, Crossing the Line: Word and Image in Art, 1960-1990, September-October 1990. Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Art & Pub: Art et Publicité 1890-1990, November 1990-February 1991. Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Geffen Contemporary and New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Barbara Kruger, October 1999-October 2000, pp. 137 and 265 (illustrated in color). Biel, EXPO.02, Money and Value: The Last Taboo, May-October 2002, p. 83 (illustrated in color). New York University, Grey Art Gallery; Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol Museum and Austin Museum of Art, The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984, January 2006-January 2007. Purchase, Neuberger Museum of Art and Durham, Duke University, Nasher Museum of Art. The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, January-October 2011, pp. 123 and 165 (illustrated in color).
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