Revenge of the Goldfish

1980, printed 1981

Sandy Skoglund

Associated Names
Sandy Skoglund

Artist, American, born 1946

This photograph depicts a blue room with floating orange fish. All of the furniture in the room is the same teal color as the walls and floor, including a bed in the center with two nightstands on either side, a dresser on the right, and several lamps. On the bed in the center are two people with light skin and brown hair; on the right a young boy sits, facing the right and looking down, while on the left an adult lays in the bed, turned to the left. Neither of them wears visible clothing. The orange fish are scattered around the room, including on the ground, on the furniture, and suspended from the ceiling. The suspended fish cast shadows on the blue walls.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Carolyn Small Alper [1927-2020], Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Developing Illusions, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 14, 1998 – January 18, 1999

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: 'Revenge of the Goldfish' 19/30 S. Skoglund 1980; bottom left: © SANDY SKOGLUND, 1981; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1997.58

Wikidata ID

Q64170821

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