Untitled (Comet)

1988

Vija Celmins

Painter, American, born Latvia, 1938

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Edward R. Broida

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.3 x 47 cm (15 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2005.142.13


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David McKee Gallery, New York); purchased November 1988 by Edward R. Broida [1933-2006], Los Angeles; gift (partial and promised) 2005 to NGA; gift completed 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Vija Celmins: New Paintings, David McKee Gallery, New York, 1988.

1992

  • Vija Celmins, Inst. of Cont. Art, Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia; Henry Art Gal., Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Whitney Mus. of Am. Art, New York; Mus. of Cont. Art, Los Angeles, 1992-1994, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

  • Selections from the Broida Collection, Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art, Lake Worth, Florida, 1992, unnumbered brochure.

1996

  • Vija Celmins Works 1964-96, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Kunstmuseum, Wintherthur, Switzerland; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2006

  • Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006, unnumbered brochure, fig. 11.

2008

  • Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 2008-2009, unnumbered catalogue.

2017

  • The American Dream: Amerikanischer Realismus 1945-2017, Drents Museum, Assen. Kunsthalle Emden, 2017-2018, unnumbered catalogue (shown only in Emden).

Wikidata ID

Q20197969


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