The Transformation of the Objects (La Transformacion de Los Objetos)
Xavier Esqueda, Mexican, born 1943
1965
Oil on composition board
Overall: 23 1/2 × 19 5/8 in. (59.7 × 49.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
© Xavier Esqueda
P.965.116
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right: X. Esqueda
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 16, Shape and Shadow: How Geometry Shapes Composition and Perception, Kevin Perry, Class of 2004, Public Relations Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 12, 2003-January 25, 2004.
A Space for Dialogue 22, Leger, Tanning, and Daura: Sexuality and Surrealism, Rose McClendon, Class of 2006, Special Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 16, 2004-January 3, 2005.
Artists at Dartmouth, A Retrospective of Selected Artists-in-Residence at Darthmouth College since 1962, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September-October, 1971; Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, October 14-30, 1971; Montgomery Museum, Montgomery, Alabama, April-May 1972.
Publication History
Kevin Perry, A Space for Dialogue 16, Shape and Shadow: How Geometry Shapes Composition and Perception, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2003, ill. cover.
Brian P. Kennedy and Emily Shubert Burke, Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009 p.54, no.30.
Peter Smith and Mathew Wysocki, Artists at Dartmouth, A retrospective of selected Artist-in-Residence at Dartmouth College since 1962, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1971, checklist.
Provenance
The artist; given to present collection, 1965.
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