LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

104.02 in. (264.20 cm.) (height) by 115.00 in. (292.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated 'The Journey Rivers '55 '56' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Waltham, Brandeis University, The Rose Art Museum; Pasadena Museum; New York, The Jewish Museum; Detroit Institute of the Arts and Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Rivers, 1965. Albany, The New York State Museum, New York: The State of Art, October-November 1977, no. 55 (illustrated). Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas, Larry Rivers, March 1980, no. 10 (illustrated). Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Kunstverein Munich and Staatiche Kunsthalle Berlin, Larry Rivers Retrospektive 1954-1979: Bilder, Skulpuren und Zeichnungen, 1980-1981, p. 128 no. 7. East Hampton, Guild Hall Museum and Coral Gables, Lowe Art Museum, Larry Rivers: Performing for the Family, July-September 1983, p. 14, no. 12 (illustrated). Shiga, The Museum of Modern Art, American Painting in the 1950s and 1960s, July-September 1989. New York, Marlborough Gallery, Larry Rivers, Paintings and Drawings: 1951-2001, May-June 2005, p. 10, no. 1 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

G. Indiana, "Larry Rivers Painter Familias," Art in America, December 1983, p. 119 (illustrated). H. Harrison, Larry Rivers, New York, 1984, pp. 103 and 133. S. Hunter, Larry Rivers, New York, 1989, p. 64, no. 7 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Estate of the Artist. Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005.