Edward Kienholz
The Mort Soul Searcher

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Artist Edward Kienholz American, 1927–1994

CultureAmerican

Titles

The Mort Soul Searcher

Date1960

MediumMixed media assemblage with power drill and electric lights

DimensionsOverall: 27 1/2 × 52 1/2 × 18 in. (69.9 × 133.4 × 45.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ruth and Ted Baum

Object number2021.310

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

ASSEMBLAGE

ProvenanceThe artist; Reinhard Onnasch Collection; Ruth and Ted Baum; given to the MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition HistoryEdward Kienholz. Los Angeles: Ferus Gallery, December 5–31, 1961.

Edward Kienholz: 10 objekte von 1960 bis 1964. Cologne, Germany: Onnasch Galerie, April 1971

Edward Kienholz: ROXYS and other works aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch. Breman, Germany: Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, January 17–February 14, 1982

Beat Culture and the New America, 1950–1960. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, November 9, 1995–February 1996; traveled to Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, June 2–September 15, 1996, and San Francisco: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, October 5–December 29, 1996

The Mort Soul Searcher. Berlin, Germany: Galerie Borgemeister, March 22–April 19, 1997.

Edward Kienholz: America My Hometown. London: Blain Southern Gallery, May 18–July 14, 2018.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed on brace holding head: DEEPER TRUTH
Inscribed on canvas behind head: LITTLE TRUTH

Signed at right of back side: MORT SOUL SEARCHER / '60 KIENHOLZ

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