Sykes Monkey, Southport, England

April 1990

Volker Seding

Associated Names
Volker Seding

Artist, Canadian, 1943 - 2007

This is a photograph of a monkey inside a cage. The image shows a monkey sitting behind metal wire mesh fences, with a beige wall and intersecting metal bars in the background. The monkey is in the center of the image on an elevated platform, with its tail hanging down. The photograph conveys a sense of confinement and structure, highlighted by the grid pattern of the wire meshes.
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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.

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Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Seding-90; lower left below image: 2/50; lower center below image: SYKES MONKEY, SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND; on verso of mount, lower center stamped in black ink: © VOLKER SEDING / TITLE / NEGATIVE / PRINTED / EDITION / PRINT No.; graphite annotations: SYKES MONKEY, SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND / APRIL 1990 / MAY 1990 / 50 / 2; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1991.12.7

Wikidata ID

Q64171542

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