Edward Kienholz

October 23, 1927 – June 10, 1994

The Birthday1964Tableau: mannequin with electrically lighted lucite, gynecologist’s examination table, suitcase, clothing, paper, flock, fiberglass, paint, and polyester resin. 84 x 120 x 60 in. (213.4 x 304.8 x 152.4 cm)Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

John Doe 1959Paint and resin on mannequin parts set on metal perambulator with wood, metal, rubber, and plastic toy 39 1/2 x 19 x 31 1/4 in. (100.3 x 48.3 x 79.4 cm)The Menil Collection, Houston

History as a Planter1961Paint and resin on metal oven and mannequin parts with metal Jew’s Harp, newspaper, wood, plexiglass, tin, Wandering Jew plant, and electrical cord33 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Sollie 171979-80Tableau: wood, plexiglass, furniture, sink, lights, photographs, plaster casts, pots, pans, books, cans, boxes, three pairs of underwear, linoleum, leather, wool, cotton, sound track, glass, metal, paint, polyester resin, paper, metal coffee can, sand, and cigarette butts. 120 x 336 x 168 in. (304.8 x 853.4 x 426.7 cm)

The Illegal Operation1962Polyester resin, paint, shopping cart, furniture, concrete, lamp, cloth, bedpan, and medical implements59 x 48 x 54 in.

The State Hospital

Exterior

The State Hospital

Interiorplaster casts, fiberglass, hospital beds, bedpan, hospital table, goldfish bowls, live black fish, lighted neon tubing, steel hardware, wood, paint 96 x 144 x 120 in. Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Back Seat Dodge '38 1964.Tableau: polyester resin, paint, fiberglass, and flock, truncated 1938 Dodge, clothing, chicken wire, beer bottles, artificial grass, and plaster cast 66 x 240 x 144 in. Los Angeles County Museum of Art

To Mourn a Dead Horse1989Wooden table, television, light, photograph, horse’s hoof, cloth, barbed wire, artillery shell, pencil, paint, and polyester resin. 60 x 29 x 14 in.

The Portable War Memorial 1968Tableau: plaster casts, tombstone, blackboard, flag, poster, restaurant furniture, photographs, working Coca-Cola machine, stuffed dog, wood, metal, and fiberglass 114 x 384 x 96 in. Museum Ludwig, Cologne

The Secret House Of Eddy Critch 1961Assemblage: drop-front wood veneered writing desk; with traces of paint, containing plastic doll parts, leather, wood, chicken wire, and animal fur. 24 x 32-1/4 x 13 in. Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

The National Banjo On The Knee Week 1963MacKenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan

The Merry-Go-World Or Begat By Chance And The Wonder Horse Trigger

1988-92