Edward Kienholz  (American, 1927-1994) 

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Edward Kienholz, For Some Munich Time

 

Edward Kienholz
For Some Munich Time
1977

Auction: May 31, 2013
Villa Grisebach Auktionen GmbH
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Edward Kienholz, Solid State

 

Edward Kienholz
Solid State
1965

Edward Tyler Nahem
Edward Kienholz, Volksempfänger with mirror

 

Edward Kienholz
Volksempfänger with mirror
1983

Galerie Thomas Modern
Edward Kienholz, For $87.00

 

Edward Kienholz
For $87.00
1969

Vertu Fine Art
  
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Edward Kienholz, Sawdy (in 2 parts)

 

Edward Kienholz
Sawdy (in 2 parts), 1971-1972
painted car door

 

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Edward Kienholz, Sans titre

 

Edward Kienholz
Sans titre, 1974
stamp and watercolor on paper

 

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Edward Kienholz, The marriage icon (Gemini 367)

 

Edward Kienholz
The marriage icon (Gemini 367), 1972
paintings, sculptures, mixed media

 

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1927   Born: Fairfield, WA
1948   Attended Eastern Washington College of Education, Cheney, WA
1948   Attended Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
1953   Moved to Los Angeles, CA
1956   Founded NOW Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1957   Founded Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1960   Completed his first installation, Roxy's, Los Angeles, CA
1972   Married Nancy Reddin
1973   Guest artist of the German Academic Exchange Service, Berlin, Germany
1973   Established studio with his wife, Berlin, Germany
1975   Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1981   Declared that all his work created after his marriage should be co-signed Nancy Kienholz
1994   Died: Sandpoint, ID
  Selected Public Collections
  Centre National d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, Canada
ModernaMuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela
Museum of Contemporary Art,Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National galerie, Berlin, Germany
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Staatsgalerie Stuttgard, Germany
The Lousiana Museum, Humlebeak, Denmark
The Ludwig Museum, Koln, Germany
The Sara Hilden Museum, Tampere, Finland
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2009   "Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968", Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
2008   "Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968", Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2007   Haunch of Venison, Zurich, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
2005   BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
(traveled to: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia)
2004   Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
2002 - 2003   Portland Art Museum, OR (installation)
2002   PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
2002   L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA (solo exhibition)
1996   Retrospective Whitney Museum, New York, NY
1994   San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
1989   L. A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA (solo exhibition)
1981   Galerie Maeght, Zurich, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
1980   Gemini G.E.L. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1979   Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
1979   University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA (solo exhibition)
1977   Hope Gallery, Hope, ID (solo exhibition)
1976   Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
1975   Onnasch Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
1975   Galerie Christel, Helsinki, Finland (solo exhibition)
1971   Wide White Space, Antwerp, Belgium (solo exhibition)
1971   Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England (solo exhibition)
1970   Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo exhibition)
1970   Städtishce Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo exhibition)
1969   Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1968   Documenta IV, Kassel, Germany (installation of Roxy’s)
1968   Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID (solo exhibition)
1967   Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC (solo exhibition)
1967   Dwan Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
1966   Retrospective Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1966   Dwan Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
1966   University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada (solo exhibition)
1966   Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, Canada (solo exhibition)
1965   Dwan Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
1964   Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1963   Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (installation of Roxy’s)
1963   Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1962   Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (first installation of Roxy’s)
1961   Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA (solo exhibition)
1960   Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1958   Exodus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1958   Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1956   Syndell Studio, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1955   Coronet Louvre, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1955   Café Galleria, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
1996    Tuchman, Maurice, Edward Kienholz, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1996.
1996    Hopps, Walter et al., Kienholz: A Retrospective, New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996.
1990    Pincus, Robert L., On a Scale that Competes with the World: the Art of Edward Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Berkeley: University of California Press, c. 1990.