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Swank Sadness
Details
JONATHAN LASKER (B. 1948)
Swank Sadness
signed, titled and dated '"SWANK SADNESS" -J. Lasker 1995' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
68 x 96 in. (172.7 x 243.8 cm.)
Painted in 1995.
Swank Sadness
signed, titled and dated '"SWANK SADNESS" -J. Lasker 1995' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
68 x 96 in. (172.7 x 243.8 cm.)
Painted in 1995.
Provenance
Sperone Westwater, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996
Literature
"Lasker displays 'Selective Identity' at Birmingham Museum," Opelika Auburn News, 22 June 2000, n.p. (illustrated).
Exhibited
Kunsthalle Bielefeld; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Jonathan Lasker: Paintings 1977-1997, November 1997-June 1998, pp. 102 and 113, no. 57 (illustrated).
St. Louis, Forum for Contemporary Art; Toronto, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre; Waltham, Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum and Birmingham Museum of Art, Jonathan Lasker: Selective Identity: Paintings from the 1990s, September 1999-September 2000, pp. 70-71 and 102 (illustrated).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia and Düsseldorf, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Jonathan Lasker: Paintings, Drawings, Studies 1977-2003, June-November 2003, pp. 96 and 146 (illustrated).
St. Louis, Forum for Contemporary Art; Toronto, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre; Waltham, Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum and Birmingham Museum of Art, Jonathan Lasker: Selective Identity: Paintings from the 1990s, September 1999-September 2000, pp. 70-71 and 102 (illustrated).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia and Düsseldorf, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Jonathan Lasker: Paintings, Drawings, Studies 1977-2003, June-November 2003, pp. 96 and 146 (illustrated).
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