Neil Jenney
Threat and Sanctuary

Threat and Sanctuary
Threat and Sanctuary
Threat and Sanctuary
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Threat and Sanctuary
Date1970
PlaceUnited States
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions55 7/8 × 74 5/8 in. (141.9 × 189.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Charles Engelhard Foundation
Object number83.16
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Provenance[Texas Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1983.
Exhibition History"Neil Jenney: Early Work, Paintings and Sculpture," Carpenter & Hochman Gallery, New York, March 30–June 15, 1985. (LN:85.18).

"Collection: A Texas Phenomenon," The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, November 21–December 24, 1986. (LN:86.40).

"Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 20–25, 1987; May 21–September 3, 1988.

"Terra Incognita," Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, May 10–August 23, 1998, cat. p. 109. (LN:98.20).

"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.


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