Matthew Barney (b. 1967)
Matthew Barney (b. 1967)

Cremaster 5: her Giant

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Matthew Barney (b. 1967)
Cremaster 5: her Giant
signed and dated 'Matthew Barney '97' (on the reverse)
color coupler print in acrylic frame
52¾ x 42 5/8 in. (96.8 x 69.2 cm.)
Executed in 1997. This work is artist's proof number one from an edition of six, plus two artist's proofs.
Provenance
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Literature
E. Janus, ed., Veronica's Revenge: Contemporary Perspectives in Photography, Zurich, Berlin, New York, 1998, p. 160 (illustrated).
R. D. Hodge, Onan the Magnificent: The Triumph of the Testicle in Contemporary Art, Harper's Magazine, 2000, p. 77 (illustrated).
W. Schoppmann, P. Friese and E. Schmidt, eds., Ohne Zögern: Die Sammlung Olbricht Tiel 2 (Without Hesitation: The Obricht Collection Part 2), Heidelberg, 2001, p. 49 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Munich, Haus der Kunst, Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century, October 1999-April 2000, p. 83, no. 8 (illustrated, another example exhibited).
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Matthew Barney: Glen Dimplex Artists Award Exhibition, May-October 2001.
Arken, Museum for Modern Kunst and Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Veronica's Revenge, June 2000-March 2001.
Cologne, Museum Ludwig; Musée d'art Moderne de la ville de Paris and New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle, June 2002-June 2003, p. 407 (illustrated).

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