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The Target
Details
Richard Lindner (1901-1978)
The Target
signed and dated 'R. Lindner 1959' (lower right)
oil on canvas
59 7/8 x 40 1/8in. (151.8 x 102cm.)
Painted in 1959
The Target
signed and dated 'R. Lindner 1959' (lower right)
oil on canvas
59 7/8 x 40 1/8in. (151.8 x 102cm.)
Painted in 1959
Provenance
Robert Fraser Gallery, London.
Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Alan Frumkin Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, Chicago.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 18 May 1999, lot 52.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Alan Frumkin Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, Chicago.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 18 May 1999, lot 52.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
G. Butcher, "Striven Identity", in The Guardian, July 1962, p. 5.
J. Reichardt, "Les expositions à l'étranger. Londres", in Aujourd'hui: art et architecture, no. 38, September 1962 (illustrated, p. 58).
R. Melville, "Exhibitions", in The Architectural Review, no. 789, November 1962 (illustrated, p. 363).
R.-G. Dienst, "Richard Lindner", in Das Kunstwerk, no. 2, August 1965 (illustrated, p. 18).
J.-J. Levêque, "Richard Lindner", in La Nouvelle revue française, no. 154, October 1965, p. 735.
W. Schmied, "Richard Lindner and the human being as toy" in Studio International, no. 906, December 1968 (illustrated, p. 225).
D. Ashton, Richard Lindner, New York 1969, no. 72 (illustrated in colour).
R.-G. Dienst, Lindner. Kunst Heute, Stuttgart 1970 (illustrated, p. 19).
J.-D. Rey, "Le carnaval de la mémoire", in XXe Siècle, no. 53, December 1980 (illustrated in colour, p. 93).
W. Spies, Richard Lindner: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, New York 1999, no. 49 (illustrated, p. 66).
J. Reichardt, "Les expositions à l'étranger. Londres", in Aujourd'hui: art et architecture, no. 38, September 1962 (illustrated, p. 58).
R. Melville, "Exhibitions", in The Architectural Review, no. 789, November 1962 (illustrated, p. 363).
R.-G. Dienst, "Richard Lindner", in Das Kunstwerk, no. 2, August 1965 (illustrated, p. 18).
J.-J. Levêque, "Richard Lindner", in La Nouvelle revue française, no. 154, October 1965, p. 735.
W. Schmied, "Richard Lindner and the human being as toy" in Studio International, no. 906, December 1968 (illustrated, p. 225).
D. Ashton, Richard Lindner, New York 1969, no. 72 (illustrated in colour).
R.-G. Dienst, Lindner. Kunst Heute, Stuttgart 1970 (illustrated, p. 19).
J.-D. Rey, "Le carnaval de la mémoire", in XXe Siècle, no. 53, December 1980 (illustrated in colour, p. 93).
W. Spies, Richard Lindner: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, New York 1999, no. 49 (illustrated, p. 66).
Exhibited
New York, Daniel Cordier & Michel Warren Inc., Richard Lindner: Ten Years, October 1961.
London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Richard Lindner, June-July 1962, no. 7.
London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Obsession and Fantasy, June-July 1963, no. 14.
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Richard Lindner, May-June 1965 (illustrated, unpaged).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Selections from the Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, December 1969-February 1970.
Leverkusen, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Richard Lindner, October-November 1968, no. 48 (illustrated, unpaged).
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Richard Lindner, December 1968-January 1969, no. 48 (illustrated, pp. 30 and 85). This exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, April-May 1969. Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Richard Lindner, Retrospective Exhibition, May-July 1977.
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, The Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, February-April 1985, no. 48 (illustrated in colour, p. 76).
London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Richard Lindner, June-July 1962, no. 7.
London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Obsession and Fantasy, June-July 1963, no. 14.
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Richard Lindner, May-June 1965 (illustrated, unpaged).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Selections from the Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, December 1969-February 1970.
Leverkusen, Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Richard Lindner, October-November 1968, no. 48 (illustrated, unpaged).
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Richard Lindner, December 1968-January 1969, no. 48 (illustrated, pp. 30 and 85). This exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, April-May 1969. Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Richard Lindner, Retrospective Exhibition, May-July 1977.
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, The Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection, February-April 1985, no. 48 (illustrated in colour, p. 76).
Special notice
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