Artist
Jennifer Bartlett American, 1941–2022
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Garden
Date1981
PlaceUnited States
MediumInstallation in ten parts
Dimensions.A, Plaka on paper collage: 85 × 88 1/2 in. (215.9 × 224.8 cm)
.B, Charcoal on paper: 93 1/4 × 81 in. (236.9 × 205.7 cm)
.C, Lacquer and enamel on six paneled wood screen, fully extended: 72 1/4 × 126 in. (183.5 × 320 cm)
.D, Oil on plywood: 96 × 46 in. (243.8 × 116.8 cm)
.E, 254 ceramic tiles, mounted on plaster walls: 103 × 61 1/4 in. (261.6 × 155.6 cm)
.F, Oil on plywood, inset into .E: 28 × 36 in. (71.1 × 91.4 cm)
.G, Oil on plywood, irregular shape: 96 × 115 1/2 in. (243.8 × 293.4 cm)
.H, Enamel on glass: 93 × 48 in. (236.2 × 121.9 cm)
.I, Enamel on mirror: 93 × 49 in. (236.2 × 124.5 cm)
.J,approx. installed dims of 56 enamel on steel plates: 87 1/2 × 100 in. (222.3 × 254 cm)
.K, Oil on canvas: 90 × 78 in. (228.6 × 198.1 cm)
.B, Charcoal on paper: 93 1/4 × 81 in. (236.9 × 205.7 cm)
.C, Lacquer and enamel on six paneled wood screen, fully extended: 72 1/4 × 126 in. (183.5 × 320 cm)
.D, Oil on plywood: 96 × 46 in. (243.8 × 116.8 cm)
.E, 254 ceramic tiles, mounted on plaster walls: 103 × 61 1/4 in. (261.6 × 155.6 cm)
.F, Oil on plywood, inset into .E: 28 × 36 in. (71.1 × 91.4 cm)
.G, Oil on plywood, irregular shape: 96 × 115 1/2 in. (243.8 × 293.4 cm)
.H, Enamel on glass: 93 × 48 in. (236.2 × 121.9 cm)
.I, Enamel on mirror: 93 × 49 in. (236.2 × 124.5 cm)
.J,approx. installed dims of 56 enamel on steel plates: 87 1/2 × 100 in. (222.3 × 254 cm)
.K, Oil on canvas: 90 × 78 in. (228.6 × 198.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Herzstein Family Collection
Object number2003.105.1-.8
Not on view
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Ex-collection: Acquired back by the artist upon the sale of the Saatchi's home in London, 1997-1998.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Max and Isabell Herzstein, Houston, Texas, purchased from the artist through the Devin Borden/Hiram Butler Gallery in 1998, and placed. Indefinite loan the museum as a promised gift.
Exhibition History"New to Houston, Recent Additions to Houston Collections," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 21 through August 30, 1998.
"Against the Current: 20th Century Representational Art in the Collection of the MFAH," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 7, 2006 - September 2, 2007.
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