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HANNAH WILKE (1940-1993)
Draw/Provoke/Attract/Gain
signed with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated 'SO HELP ME HANNAH - SNATCH SHOTS WITH RAY-GUNS COLLECTED AS GIFTS FOR CLAES OLDENBURG FROM 1969 TO 1978. AN INSTALLATION CONCURRENTLY SHOWN AT PS1 AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM IN OCTOBER 1978. HW. 1969-1981.' (lower edge)
gelatin silver prints, found metal objects, vinyl and graphite on paperboard construction with wood
52 1⁄8 x 50 in. (132.4 x 127 cm.)
Executed in 1969-1981.
Draw/Provoke/Attract/Gain
signed with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated 'SO HELP ME HANNAH - SNATCH SHOTS WITH RAY-GUNS COLLECTED AS GIFTS FOR CLAES OLDENBURG FROM 1969 TO 1978. AN INSTALLATION CONCURRENTLY SHOWN AT PS1 AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM IN OCTOBER 1978. HW. 1969-1981.' (lower edge)
gelatin silver prints, found metal objects, vinyl and graphite on paperboard construction with wood
52 1⁄8 x 50 in. (132.4 x 127 cm.)
Executed in 1969-1981.
Provenance
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989
Literature
New York, Elise Meyer Inc, Schemes: A Decade of Installation Drawings, June 1981, n.p. (titled So Help Me, Hannah).
Hannah Wilke—A Retrospective, exh. cat., St. Louis, Gallery 210, University of Missouri, 1989, pp. 26 and 167 (illustrated).
Hannah Wilke—A Retrospective, exh. cat., St. Louis, Gallery 210, University of Missouri, 1989, pp. 26 and 167 (illustrated).
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