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The Anatomy of Melancholy - Dodo

2021

Mark Dion

Associated Names

Mark Dion

Artist, American, born 1961

Medium

wooden crate, glass, tar, resin cast skeleton, and found objects
Credit Line

Gift of Funds from Kaywin Feldman in memory of Dr. Donald A. Feldman
Dimensions

overall: 196.85 × 88.9 × 73.66 cm (77 1/2 × 35 × 29 in.)
Accession Number

2026.22.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased 2026 through (Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York) by NGA.

Associated Names

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Exhibition History

2022

Mark Dion, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, April- May, 2022.

Bibliography

2022

Knight, Christopher. "Review: Mark Dion tackles extinction in his art and offers neither false hope nor despondency." Los Angeles Times May 16, 2022, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-05-16/mark-dion-extinction-tanya-bonakdar-gallery. Accessed 3 June 2026.

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