Edward Kienholz

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Edward Kienholz

• October 23, 1927 June 10, 1994

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The Birthday 1964 Tableau mannequin with
electrically lighted lucite, gynecologists
examination table, suitcase, clothing, paper,
flock, fiberglass, paint, and polyester resin. 84
x 120 x 60 in. (213.4 x 304.8 x 152.4
cm) Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
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John Doe 1959 Paint and resin on mannequin parts
set on metal perambulator with wood, metal,
rubber, and plastic toy 39 1/2 x 19 x 31 1/4 in.
(100.3 x 48.3 x 79.4 cm) The Menil Collection,
Houston
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History as a Planter 1961 Paint and resin on
metal oven and mannequin parts with metal Jews
Harp, newspaper, wood, plexiglass, tin, Wandering
Jew plant, and electrical cord 33 1/4 x 20 1/2 x
14 1/4 in. Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Sollie 17 1979-80 Tableau wood, plexiglass,
furniture, sink, lights, photographs, plaster
casts, pots, pans, books, cans, boxes, three
pairs of underwear, linoleum, leather, wool,
cotton, sound track, glass, metal, paint,
polyester resin, paper, metal coffee can, sand,
and cigarette butts. 120 x 336 x 168 in. (304.8 x
853.4 x 426.7 cm)
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The Illegal Operation 1962 Polyester resin,
paint, shopping cart, furniture, concrete, lamp,
cloth, bedpan, and medical implements 59 x 48 x
54 in.
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The State Hospital Exterior
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The State Hospital Interior plaster casts,
fiberglass, hospital beds, bedpan, hospital
table, goldfish bowls, live black fish, lighted
neon tubing, steel hardware, wood, paint 96 x 144
x 120 in. Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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Back Seat Dodge '38 1964.Tableau polyester
resin, paint, fiberglass, and flock, truncated
1938 Dodge, clothing, chicken wire, beer bottles,
artificial grass, and plaster cast 66 x 240 x 144
in. Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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To Mourn a Dead Horse 1989 Wooden table,
television, light, photograph, horses hoof,
cloth, barbed wire, artillery shell, pencil,
paint, and polyester resin. 60 x 29 x 14 in.
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The Portable War Memorial 1968 Tableau plaster
casts, tombstone, blackboard, flag, poster,
restaurant furniture, photographs, working
Coca-Cola machine, stuffed dog, wood, metal, and
fiberglass 114 x 384 x 96 in. Museum Ludwig,
Cologne
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The Secret House Of Eddy Critch 1961 Assemblage
drop-front wood veneered writing desk with
traces of paint, containing plastic doll parts,
leather, wood, chicken wire, and animal fur. 24
x 32-1/4 x 13 in. Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena,
California
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The National Banjo On The Knee Week
1963 MacKenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan
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The Merry-Go-World Or Begat By Chance And The
Wonder Horse Trigger 1988-92