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The Babysitter
Details
MARTIN WONG (1946-1999)
The Babysitter
acrylic on canvas, in artist's found frame
32 x 35 in. (81.3 x 88.9 cm.)
Painted in 1988.
The Babysitter
acrylic on canvas, in artist's found frame
32 x 35 in. (81.3 x 88.9 cm.)
Painted in 1988.
Provenance
P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York
Hobbs Gallery, Boston
Private collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Anon. sale; artnet Auctions, online, 21 December 2010, lot 39811
Web Gallery NYC, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Hobbs Gallery, Boston
Private collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Anon. sale; artnet Auctions, online, 21 December 2010, lot 39811
Web Gallery NYC, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
T. Morgan, “The Intimate Visions of Martin Wong, Loisaida’s ‘Chino-Latino’ Painter,” Hyperallergic, January 2016.
A. Strombeck, DIY on the Lower East Side: Books, Buildings, and Art after the 1975 Fiscal Crisis, Albany, 2020, p. 80.
A. Strombeck, DIY on the Lower East Side: Books, Buildings, and Art after the 1975 Fiscal Crisis, Albany, 2020, p. 80.
Exhibited
New York, Exit Art, Martin Wong: New Paintings, November-December 1988.
Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Loisaida: New York's Lower East Side in the '80s, April-July 2014.
New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts and Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Martin Wong: Human Instamatic, November 2015-August 2016, pp. 43 and 157 (illustrated).
Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Loisaida: New York's Lower East Side in the '80s, April-July 2014.
New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts and Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Martin Wong: Human Instamatic, November 2015-August 2016, pp. 43 and 157 (illustrated).
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