Gorilla, Metro Toronto Zoo

February 1989

Volker Seding

Associated Names
Volker Seding

Artist, Canadian, 1943 - 2007

The image shows a chimpanzee in an animal enclosure. The chimpanzee is positioned on top of a horizontal wooden post. Its facial features include a prominent brow ridge and coarse, dark hair. The enclosure has vertical glass panels with signs that read "PLEASE DO NOT TAP ON GLASS." Inside, there are wooden poles, a rope, a blue bucket, and a black rubber tire. The floor is covered with a light-colored substance, and the background has a light green wall. Outside the enclosure, there is a paved walkway visible through the glass. The enclosure ceiling is made of metal mesh, allowing natural light to filter through.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Simon Daro Dawidowicz, Miami Beach, FL; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN), 1991; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Seding-89; lower left below image: 3/50; lower center below image: GORILLA, METRO TORONTO ZOO; on verso of mount, lower center stamped in black ink: © VOLKER SEDING / TITLE / NEGATIVE / PRINTED / EDITION / PRINT No.; graphite annotations: GORILLA, METRO TORONTO ZOO / FEB. 1989 / FEB. 1989 / 50 / 3; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1991.12.4

Wikidata ID

Q64171537

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