Details
Ross Bleckner (b. 1949)
Memorial 1
signed and dated 'Ross Bleckner 1994' (on the reverse)
oil, wax and varnish on canvas
96 x 120 in. (243.8 x 304.8 cm.)
Painted in 1994.
Provenance
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Literature
D. Carrier and N. Wakefield, "Mourning Glory: Ross Bleckner in Retrospect," Artforum, February 1995, pp. 65-75.
J. Saville, "Art-Lovers in a State of Crisis," San Diego Reader, November 1995.
R. Pincus, "Black and Light," Night and Day, November 1995.
B. Schwabsky, "Memories in Light," Art in America, December 1995, pp. 80-85.
M. McLellan, "The Birds," The New Orleans Art Review, March/April 2004.
R. Milazzo, The Paintings of Ross Bleckner, Regentschapsstraat, 2006, p. 438, no. 64a (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Ross Bleckner, May-June 1994.
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Ross Bleckner, March-May 1995, no. 71 (illustrated).
San Diego, USC San Diego, University Art Gallery, Ross Bleckner 1985- 1995, October-December 1995.
Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Mosaic: Museum Study Center, January-April 1997.
New Orleans, Contemporary Art Center; West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art and Yonkers, Hudson River Museum, Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, January 2004-January 2005 (illustrated).

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