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Heartbreak Hotel / (Reservation)

Object Details

Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Recent Acquisitions: 1989-1991," 8 October 1991-5 January 1992, unpublished checklist, no. 14.
MUSEO DI ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA DI TRENTO E ROVERETO, Italy. "Il Secolo del Jazz: Arte, Cinema, Musica e Fotografia da Picasso a Basquiat," 15 November 2008-15 February 2009, color ill. pp. 404-405. TOUR: MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY, Paris, 17 March-28 June; CENTRE DE CULTURA CONTEMPORANIA DE BARCELONA, 21 July-18 October.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Robert Colescott, American, b. Oakland, California, 1925–2009
Date
1990
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1991
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
84 × 71 7/8 in. (213.4 × 182.6 cm)
Type
Painting

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