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A Triumph of Figuration: Selections from the Joel and Carole Bernstein Family Collection
JOAN BROWN (1938-1991)
The Misunderstanding
Details
JOAN BROWN (1938-1991)
The Misunderstanding
enamel on canvas
96 ¾ x 77 ¾ in. (245.8 x 197.5 cm.)
Painted in 1978.
The Misunderstanding
enamel on canvas
96 ¾ x 77 ¾ in. (245.8 x 197.5 cm.)
Painted in 1978.
Provenance
Michael Hebel and Noel Neri, San Francisco, by descent from the artist
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco
George Adams Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2004
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco
George Adams Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2004
Literature
L. Liebmann, "Joan Brown: Frumkin/Adams Gallery," Artforum, vol. 30, no. 3, November 1991, p. 134.
Exhibited
New York, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, Joan Brown: Memorial Exhibition, September-October 1991.
University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California at Berkeley, On Painting: The Work of Elmer Bischoff and Joan Brown, October-December 1992, pp. 16 and 34, no. 33 (illustrated).
San Francisco, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Homage to George Herriman, January-February 1997, n.p. (illustrated).
Oakland Museum of California and University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Transformation: The Art of Joan Brown, September 1998-January 1999, pp. 129-130, no. 97 (illustrated).
New York, George Adams Gallery, Joan Brown: Cats and Dogs, April-May 2001, no. 2.
New York, George Adams Gallery, Circle of Friends: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures by Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Roy De Forest, Peter Saul, and William T. Wiley, June-August 2011, no. 5.
New York, George Adams Gallery, Going Our Way: Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Roy De Forest, Viola Frey, M. Louise Stanley & William T. Wiley, January-February 2024.
University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California at Berkeley, On Painting: The Work of Elmer Bischoff and Joan Brown, October-December 1992, pp. 16 and 34, no. 33 (illustrated).
San Francisco, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Homage to George Herriman, January-February 1997, n.p. (illustrated).
Oakland Museum of California and University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Transformation: The Art of Joan Brown, September 1998-January 1999, pp. 129-130, no. 97 (illustrated).
New York, George Adams Gallery, Joan Brown: Cats and Dogs, April-May 2001, no. 2.
New York, George Adams Gallery, Circle of Friends: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures by Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Roy De Forest, Peter Saul, and William T. Wiley, June-August 2011, no. 5.
New York, George Adams Gallery, Going Our Way: Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Roy De Forest, Viola Frey, M. Louise Stanley & William T. Wiley, January-February 2024.
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