Richard Artschwager

Texas Gallery, Houston
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Thomas Segal Gallery, Los Angeles
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987

Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Richard Artschwager's Theme(s), July - November 1979
New York, Mary Boone Gallery & Michael Werner Gallery, Richard Artschwager, October 1986
Boston, Thomas Segal Gallery, Salute to Leo Castelli, November 1986 - February 1987
Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, Sculpture of the Sixties, July - August 1987
Esslingen, Villa Merkel, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, Neue Möbel für die Villa. New Furniture for the Villa, December 1994 - January 1995
London, Tate Gallery; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie & Württembergischer Kunstverein; Tübingen, Kunsthalle; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Vienna, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Sammlungsblöcke. Stiftung Froehlich, March 1996 - August 1997, no. 6, p. 237, illustrated

Exh. Cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, Richard Artschwager, 1988, no. 26, p. 70,  illustrated
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Richard Artschwager, 1998, p. 48, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Wien, MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, Richard Artschwager: The Hydraulic Door Check. Skulptur, Malerei, Zeichnung, 2002, p. 148, illustrated

This work is in very good and sound overall condition. The wood patterned formica is in excellent condition. The black formica exhibits evidence of wear and a few scattered areas of rubbing and minor, unobtrusive abrasions.
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