Artist
Edward Kienholz American, 1927–1994
Artist
Nancy Reddin Kienholz American, 1943–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Feedin' the Hog
Date1993–1994
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumMixed media assemblage with found materials and electric lights
Dimensions65 × 73 × 21 3/4 in. (165.1 × 185.4 × 55.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number95.326
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Kienholz: A Retrospective," The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, February 29–June 2, 1996; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 30–November 3, 1996; The Berlinische Galerie, February 7–March 31, 1997. (LN:96.21).
"Modernism in a Century of Change III, From Object to Icon: The Art of Assemblage," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 21–August 30, 1998.
"Modern and Contemporary Art: Spotlight on the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 7–August 27, 2000.
"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.
"Against the Current: 20th Century Representational Art in the Collection of the MFAH," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 7, 2006–September 2, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In the upper portion of the painting are stencilled the words: "THE FISH IS ALWAYS TIME".
The work is signed and dated in black ink, upper center verso: "FEEDIN' THE HOG E. & N. KIENHOLZ HOUSTON 1993-1994"
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