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...when Schnabel visted Yale in '85, he was at the height of his career, and he arrived with this long fur coat and a blonde assistant to throw it to. He wore expensive clothing, a silk shirt and golden suspenders made of coins, and he walked up to all the boys, like Richard Phillips, and said, "You want a kiss?" He had a pocketful of Hershey Kisses and gave them to everybody. Then he told us to each get one painting and hang it up; and he talked for four hours. He was brilliant, more diligent and generous as a critic than almost anyone I'd ever spoken to. Only a real painter talks about painting the way Schnabel did. Lisa Yuskavage, 80's Then, Artforum, April 2003.

Julian Schnabel (b. 1951)

Little Mother

Details

Julian Schnabel (b. 1951)
Little Mother
oil on rug matting
132¼ x 96½in. (336 x 245.1cm.)
Executed in 1983

Provenance

Mary Boone Gallery, New York.
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Japan.

Literature

METAPHOR and/or SYMBOL: A PERSPECTIVE ON CONTEMPORARY ART, exh. cat., Tokyo, 1984-85 (illustrated, p. 78).
J. Schnabel, C.V.J Nichnames of Maitre D's & Other Excerpts from Life, New York 1987, (illustrated, p. 119).

Exhibited

Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, METAPHOR and/or SYMBOL: A PERSPECTIVE ON CONTEMPORARY ART, November 1984-January 1985. The exhibition later travelled to Osaka, The National Museum of Art, February-March 1985.

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