If I Knew Back Then What I Know Now

1985

Renée Stout

Associated Names
Renée Stout

Sculptor, American, born 1958

This is a photograph of an assemblage in a wooden box. The assemblage consists of a small black and white photograph, liquor bottle, container with seeds, postal envelopes, dried flower, and a string of pearls. The photograph is in a rustic wooden box framing the items. The envelopes have a postmark stamped with “Charles” and a date, along with an address in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. The dried flower is pressed against the envelope, adding color with its faded petals. A delicate piece of lace is draped along the inner bottom of the box. The Jack Daniel's bottle is the largest item on the right side. The pearls are neatly arranged at the front edge.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. [1952-1997], Washington; gift 1996 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left, the artist's initials in monogram within a rectangle: RS/RENEE/STOUT/'85; upper center reverse: IF I KNEW BACK THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW / 1985 (FALL) / ASSEMBLAGE (2" x 9" x 5 3/4") / RENEE STOUT IN WASHINGTON D.C.; upper right reverse: $250 -

Wikidata ID

Q63864365

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