Natural Selection

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Artist Jack Whitten(American, 1939–2018)American, 1939–2018

CultureAmerican

Titles

Natural Selection

Date1995

MediumAcrylic and sumi ink on unstretched canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 96 × 83 3/4 × 1/4 in. (243.8 × 212.7 × 0.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2021.544

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; artist’s family by descent; [Hauser & Wirth, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryJack Whiten: I AM THE OBJECT. New York: Hauser & Wirth, November 5, 2020–January 23, 2021

Jack Whitten. Hong Kong: Hauser & Wirth, March 30 – July 31, 2021

Published References Shiff, Richard. I AM THE OBJECT: Featuring Jack Whitten’s Works of the 1990s. New York: Hauser & Wirth, 2020. Whitten, Jack, “Natural Selection,” New Observations: Frankenstein 114 (1997), n.p. Reviews: Cameron, Dan. “Jack Whitten: I AM THE OBJECT,” The Brooklyn Rail (December/January 2020/2021): https://brooklynrail.org/2020/12/artseen/Jack-Whitten-I-AM-THE-OBJECT Tan, Ken. “Jack Whitten’s Infinite Galaxies of Abstract Light and Color,” Hyperallergic (December 2, 2020): https://hyperallergic.com/605028/jack-whitten-i-am-the-object-hauser-wirth/ Elujoba, Yinka. “Revealing Jack Whitten’s Secret Self,” The New York Times (January 21, 2021): Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and dated, right bottom edge: Whitten / 95

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center top: JW000235P [underlined] / NATURAL SELECTION [underlined] © 1995 / ACRYLIC + SUMI INK ON CANVAS / 96" x 84" (widest point / Jack Whitten [cursive]

Recto: Signed and dated, right bottom edge: Whitten / 95
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center top: Jack Whitten [cursive]

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