Object Details
Artist
Robert Irwin, American, b. Long Beach, California, 1928–2023
Provenance
Pace Gallery, New York, to 22 April 1986
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1986
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Recent Acquisitions 1983-1986," 17 November 1986-1 March 1987, unpublished checklist, p. 4.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Refract, Reflect, Project: Light Works from the Collection," 15 February-8 April 2007, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Robert Irwin: All the Rules Will Change," 7 April-5 September 2016, cat. ed. by Evelyn C. Hankins, colorpl. 28, pp. 88-89; figs. 3-4, pp. 132-135, 137; p. 175.
Published References
ROSENZWEIG, PHYLLIS. "Robert Irwin," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), p. 32, color ill.
BJELAJAC, DAVID. American Art: A Cultural History (London: Laurence King, 2000; reprint 2003), p. 366, fig. 8.41, ill.
WEINER, ROB, ed. Robert Irwin: Untitled (Dawn to Dusk) (Marfa, Texas: The Chinati Foundation, 2019), fig. 25 (color), p. 235.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 238, p. 266.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1986
Date
1969
Accession Number
86.5887
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Blow-molded acrylic and acrylic paint
Dimensions
53 1/4 in. (135.3 cm) diam.
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On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 3rd Floor
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_86.5887