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Plunge by Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall

Plunge, 1992

Acrylic and paper collage on canvas
221 x 276.9 cm (87 x 109 in)
Paintings
Edition of an unknown size
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, New York (15 Nov 2023)
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Past Sales
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ImageLast Sale DateTitleEdition No.Last SaleLast Sale Auction HouseLast Sale Location
Nov 15, 2023Plunge
Sotheby'sNew York
Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

221 x 276.9 cm (87 x 109 in)

Materials

acrylic and paper collage on canvas

Signature

signed, titled and dated 92 (lower edge)

Provenance

Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1993)

Christie"s New York, 10 May 2016, lot 40B (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, In the Tower: Kerry James Marshall , June - December 2013, fig. 5, n.p., illustrated in color (brochure)

Shanghai, Long Museum, Being in the World - The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum , November 2022 - February 2023

Literature

Exh. Cat., Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Kerry James Marshall: Telling Stories, Selected Paintings , 1994, p. 51, illustrated

Terry Sultan, Arthur Jafa and Kerry James Marshall, Kerry James Marshall , New York, 2000, p. 60, illustrated in color

Kriston Capps, "Critic"s Picks: Kerry James Marshall," Artforum , June 2013 (online)

Peter Erickson, "In the Tower: Kerry James Marshall," Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Iss. 34, May 2014, p. 119

Laura Washington, "Can we live up to a master artist"s vision?," Chicago Sun Times, 4 September 2016

Exh. Cat., Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Kerry James Marshall: Mastry , 2016 - 2017, p. 51

Lanre Bakare, "Kerry James Marshall: "As an artist, everything should be a challenge"," The Guardian , 15 March 2017 (online)

Daniel Kunitz, "Jack Shainman Shares His Global Vision," Cultured , 15 March 2017 (online)

David Morgan, "The art of Kerry James Marshall," CBS News , 4 June 2017, illustrated in color (online)

Description

A Long Journey: A Selection from the Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei Collection

Kerry James Marshall

b. 1955

Plunge

signed, titled and dated 92 (lower edge)

acrylic and paper collage on canvas

87 by 109 in. 220.9 by 276.8 cm.

Executed in 1992.

Please note that this work is requested for inclusion in the forthcoming retrospective of the artist"s work at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, starting in the fall of 2025.