Two for Bontecou
Barbara Takenaga, American, born 1949
2022
Acrylic on wood (six panels)
Overall: 80 × 144 in. (203.2 × 365.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund and the William S. Rubin Fund
2025.8a-f
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Published References
London, Katrina and McCarthy, Jeremiah William. Inspired Encounters: Women Artists and the Legacies of Modern Art, New York: Dancing Foxes Press, 2023, pp. 150- 151, illus. Barbara Takenaga: Whatsis, Essay by Jeremiah William McCarthy, Exh. cat., New York, NY, DC Moore Gallery, 2024, p.24-25 Yau, John. “The Quiet Urgency of Barbara Takenaga’s Paintings,” Hyperallergic, online, April 22, 2024, illus.
Provenance
The artist, 2022; to DC Moore Gallery, New York, date unknown; sold to present collection, 2025.
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