Jenny Saville
Witness

Witness

© Jenny Saville/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London

Witness
Witness
ArtistEnglish, born 1970
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Witness
Date2009
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 106 5/16 × 86 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (270 × 219.4 × 6.4 cm)
Frame: 111 × 91 1/4 × 4 in. (281.9 × 231.8 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Martin Sosnoff
Object number2015.407
Non exposé

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Provenance[Gagosian Gallery, London]; purchased by Martin Sosnoff, New York, 2010; given to MFAH, 2015.


Exhibition History"Crash: Homage to JG Ballard," Gagosian Gallery, Brittania Street, London, February 11–April 1, 2010.

"Jenny Saville: Continuum," Gagosian Gallery, New York, September 15–October 22, 2011.

"Jenny Saville," Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; Modern Art Oxford, England, 2011–2012.

"NOW: Jenny Saville," Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, March 24–September 23, 2018.
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Signed and dated verso: 2009
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