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The Avant-‐Garde Collection Orange County Museum of Art

September 7, 2014–January 4, 2015 Illustrated Checklist

Josef Albers Homage to the Square, Dry Season, 1967 Oil on masonite 48 x 48 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Avco Financial Services, Newport Beach, California

Florence Arnold Painting #2, 1958 oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches (uf); 25-‐1/4 x 19-‐1/4 inches (f) Collection of OCMA, Gift of the artist

John Baldessari Voluble Luminist Painting for Max Kozloff, 1966-‐68 acrylic on canvas 59 x 59 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection John Baldessari Baldessari Sings LeWitt, 1972 video 4 minutes Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

Larry Bell Untitled, 1965 etched glass box 10-‐1/4 x 10-‐1/4 x 10-‐1/4 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Edwin Janss, Jr.

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Billy Al Bengston Birmingham Small Arms I (B.S.A.), 1961 oil on canvas 34-‐1/2 x 37 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Merle S. Glick

Emil James Bisttram Modern Composition, 1943 Ink and pencil on paper 7-‐1/2 x 10 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the estate of Carl S. Dentzel Andrea Bowers Excerpts from the AIDS Memorial Quilt (Block 801), 2007 powdered graphite and pastel on paper 17 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Jessica Bronson Jessica Bronson and the Dick Slessig Combo present for your pleasure..., 1996 VHS tape, Magnavox VHS player, Sony Trinitron 13" white monitor, edition 4 of 6 dimensions variable Collection of OCMA, Gift of John and Phyllis Kleinberg

Chris Burden A Tale of Two Cities, 1981 mixed media 144 x 480 x 360 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Ben C. Deane

Hans Gustav Burkhardt Mexican Cock Fight, 1952 oil on linen 50 x 60 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Chanin


Karen Carson Birth, Death, Thank You, 1995 vinyl appliqué on vinyl 69 x 56 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Nancy Portnoy, New York Vija Celmins Eraser, 1967 Acrylic on balsa wood 6 5/8 x 20 x 2 1/8 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Avco Financial Services, Newport Beach, California Bruce Conner BEDROOM, 1959 mixed media 31 x 21 x 3-‐1/2 inches Collection of OCMA, Partial gift of Robert Shapazian and partial museum purchase

Bruce Conner CROSS, 1962 assemblage 51-‐3/8 x 32-‐1/2 x 11-‐1/4 inches framed Collection of OCMA, Gift of the LAM Contemporary Collectors Council with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Ron Cooper Untitled, 1968 layered polyester resin 72 x 72 x 4 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Dr. Marian Zonnis


Mary Corse Light Painting Grid Series, 1969-‐70 glass beads and acrylic on canvas 108 x 108 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Ben C. Deane

Gene Davis Oxford, 1959 acrylic on canvas 70 3/8 x 42 ½ inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Mrs. Gene Davis and Charles Cowles

Ronald Davis #550 -‐ Unfold and Arc, 1977 vinyl-‐acrylic copolymer and dry pigment on canvas 113-‐1/2 x 178-‐1/4 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with additional funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency

Jay DeFeo Untitled, 1951 tempera on brown paper 27-‐3/4 x 24 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Merle S. Glick Jay DeFeo Untitled (Florence), 1952 Tempera on paper 26-‐1/2 x 19-‐3/4 inches Collection of OCMA, Anonymous gift


Tony DeLap Hard Edge, ca. 1962 plexiglas, board, transfer letters, glass, wood, lacquer, and stainless steel 22-‐1/2 x 13-‐3/4 inches each (diptych) Collection of OCMA, Gift of Jerry and Sandy Canter Jim Dine Palette (Self-‐Portrait No. 1), 1964 oil and collage on canvas 84-‐1/2 x 60 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Summers, Laguna Beach, California

Kim Dingle Priss Room Installation, 1994-‐95 eight wallpapered panels, linoleum floor, crib, debris Dimensions variable Collection of OCMA, Gift of the Kim Light Collection Frederick Eversley Untitled, 1976 cast polyester resin 19 3/8 x 19 3/8 inches Collection of OCMA, Given in fondest memory of Gertrude Fleischman by Pat and Carl Neisser

Fred Fehlau Floor Blinder #4 (well,wWell), 1989 alkyd, enamel and acrylic on birch panel, sailcloth and aluminum 19-‐1/2 x 40-‐1/8 x 41 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Tera Guizot and Burnett Miller


Fred Fehlau Blinder Painting #15, 1989 alkyd, enamel and acrylic on birch panel, sailcloth and aluminum 41 x 19-‐1/2 x 21-‐1/4 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase

Lorser Feitelson Magical Space Forms, 1953 oil on canvas 36 x 23-‐1/2 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John McLaughlin

Oskar Fischinger Windmill, #43, 1942 oil on canvas 26 x 33 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the Gregory S. Rosenblum Trust, Denver, Colorado

Llyn Foulkes Abstract Cross, 1961 oil on canvas 96 x 81 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jack Pinsky

Charles Gaines Numbers and Trees X #4, Red Violet January, 1991 acrylic sheet, acrylic paint, watercolor, silkscreen, photograph 46-‐3/4 x 38-‐5/8 x 3-‐1/4 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through the prior gift of Lois Outerbridge


Alexandra Grant conspirar (after Michael Joyce’s “conspire,” (2004), 2005 Mixed media on paper 126 x 80 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Honor Fraser and Stavros Merjos

Sherin Guirguis Untitled (dome), 2010 mixed media on hand cut paper, triptych 51 x 96 inches each Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Barbara Spaulding

Frederick Hammersley Come, 1962-‐63 oil on linen 48 x 36 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Bardene Allen

Michael Heizer Window Series, 1977 etched glass 73 x 87 x 0-‐1/4 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Francisco Kripacz

George Herms Portrait of Marcia Jacobs, 1963 assemblage 24 x 24 x 6 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Edwin Janss, Jr.


Ralph Humphrey Sharon #1, 1957 Oil on canvas 72 x 60 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Daniel Weinberg

Robert Irwin Untitled, 1960 Oil on canvas in wood frame 15 3/16 x 15 3/16 ubcges Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

Robert Irwin Untitled (#2220), 1969 Cast acrylic and acryic paint 54 x 54 x 24 ½ inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kelsey

Glenn Kaino Linking Rings, 2011 single-‐channel video 4:44 minutes Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through the prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

Craig Kauffman Untitled, 1968 vacuum-‐formed Plexiglas 22-‐1/2 x 52-‐1/4 x 13 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Avco Financial Services, Newport Beach, California


Ed Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz End of the Bucket of Tar with Speaker Trail No. 2, 1973 mixed media 104 x 61 x 34 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Ben C. Deane

Suzanne Lacy Learn Where the Meat Comes From, 1976 Performance documentation and video Color video, 14:20 min. Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through the prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

Tom LaDuke Ice Age, 2002 military enamel, watercolor, aluminum paint and Sculpey III on aluminum 48-‐1/8 x 60-‐1/8 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the Curator's Circle Tom LaDuke Private Property, 2001 plaster, military enamel, watercolor, mechanical pencil lead, wire, plastic and human hair dimensions variable Collection of OCMA, Gift of the Curator's Circle Sol LeWitt Incomplete Open Cube (8-‐18), 1984 gelatin silver print 10 x 8 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Louise and Richard Newquist


Sol LeWitt Incomplete Open Cube (8-‐18), 1974-‐84 Architectural aluminum tubing with silicone paint 42 x 42 x 42 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Louise and Richard Newquist

Glenn Ligon Prisoner of Love #4, 1992 oil and gesso on linen 80 x 30 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase

Helen Lundeberg Sloping Horizon, 1960 Oil on canvas 40 x 40 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

Stanton Macdonald-‐Wright Untitled (Vase of Flowers), ca. 1924-‐25 oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

John Mason Vertical Sculpture, Blonde, 1961 ceramic 64 x 24 x 16 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by James B. Pick, Mrs. Charles Ullman, and the Reserve Collection Fund


Paul McCarthy Black and White Tapes, 1970-‐75 black-‐and-‐white video with sound 32 minutes, 50 seconds Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge John McLaughlin #4, 1969 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the artist

Joel Morrison Birds/Lewitt, 2005 single-‐channel 3 minutes, 38 seconds Collection of OCMA, Anonymous gift Louise Nevelson Gate II, 1962 bronze 36-‐1/2 x 35 x 4-‐1/2 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Avco Financial Services, Newport Beach, California

Kelly Nipper interval, 2000 four type C prints, edition 3 of 6 40 x 60 inches each Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge Kenzo Okada Abstraction #12, 1953 oil on canvas 35 x 45 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation


Nathan Oliveira Italian Sentinel, 1959 oil on canvas 60-‐5/8 x 48 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with additional funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency Gordon Onslow Ford Untitled, 1954 casein on paper on linen 40 x 25 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Lee and Luchita Mullican

Catherine Opie Bo from the series Being and Having, 1991 Type C-‐print Edition 7 of 8 17 x 22 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

Tony Oursler Come to Me, 1996 Citizen 30PC projector, VCP, videotape, acrylic on fiberglass, tripod and light stand 72 x 14 x 10 inches (plus equipment) Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by the LAM Contemporary Collectors Council

Laura Owens Untitled, 1994 Acrylic and oin on canvas 72 x 60 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Peter Norton


Nam June Paik Global Groove, 1973 Video 28 min., 30 sec. Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase David Park Bather With Knee Up, 1957 oil on canvas 56 x 50 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore

Richard Pettibone Niagra #1, 1963 oil on glass 10-‐1/4 x 24-‐1/2 inches (f); each panel 9-‐3/4 x 11-‐34 in. Collection of OCMA, Gift of Llyn Foulkes William Powhida A Post Minimalism, 2013 Three columns on base: Acrylic on MDF 72 x 36 x 12 inches Collection of OCMA

Nikki Pressley Word, 2010 graphite, embossing on paper 43-‐1/4 x 53-‐1/4 inches Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Dr. and Mrs Gary Fish Collection of OCMA


Monique Prieto Miasma, 1999 acrylic on canvas 96 x 72 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum Purchase with funds provided by Dr. and Mrs. John Kennady, in honor of his mother Leona Kennady and her father Abraham Rand Alan Rath Watcher II, 1999 aluminum, custom electronics, acrylic, two cathode ray tubes 30 x 33 x 15 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the Curator's Circle

Robert Rauschenberg Sling-‐Shots Lit #4, 1985 Wood, light assemblage, lithograph and screenprint on mylar, edition 9 of 25 84 ½ x 39 x 12 ½ inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Louise and Richard Newquist

Robert Rauschenberg Light No. 16, 1982 Paper and fabric collage made in the People's Republic of China, ed. of 70 43 x 31 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Louise and Richard Newquist

Charles Ray Self-‐Portrait, 1990 Mixed media 75 x 26 x 20 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase


Deborah Remington Untitled, 1953 oil on canvas 30 x 44 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Joan Wood, San Francisco Martha Rosler Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975 single-‐channel video 6 minutes, 9 seconds Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

Richards Ruben 17 NVB 22, 1962 oil on canvas 70-‐1/4 x 61-‐1/2 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Hal and Gretchen Glicksman

Richards Ruben Claremont #15, 1958-‐59 oil on canvas 51 x 42 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Joyce and Lee Freedman

Ed Ruscha Annie, 1965 oil on canvas 21-‐7/8 x 19-‐7/8 inches (uf); 22-‐3/8 x 20-‐3/8 inches (f) Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with additional funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency


Miriam Schapiro Arbor, 1967 acrylic on canvas 80 x 72 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the artist

Allan Sekula Dockers Loading Sugar Ship, Calais from the series Deep Six, or Social Work Seen from a Ferry, 1996 Cibachrome triptych, edition 1 of 5 28 x 103 inches, overall Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

Joan Semmel Renoir Revisited, 1977 oil on canvas 56 x 104 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Rosemary McNamara

Peter Shelton blackwing, 1985-‐86 fiberglass over wire 6 x 73 x 22 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Ainsley I. Graham Trust Alexis Smith The Promised Land for Peggy (from Porgy & Bess), 1981 mixed media collage 16 x 271 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with additional funds provided through prior gift of the Sidney and Diana Avery Trust, Donald A. Collins, Mrs. Bea Gersh, William A. Graham IV, Mr. Felix Juda, Donald Judd, Newspace Gallery, Mrs. Harry Rathner, Donald L. Thal, and Mrs. W. Daniel Woodruff


Hassel Smith Untitled, 1958 oil on canvas 68-‐7/8 x 40-‐7/8 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Mr. Robert A. Rowan

Vic Joachim Smith Albion, 1974 acrylic, oil and pastel on masonite 34-‐1/4 x 93-‐1/4 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the artist Jennifer Steinkamp Moth 5, 2012 computer generated animation dimensions variable Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through the prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Redmond Jean St. Pierre Untitled, 1974 encaustic on canvas 36 x 30-‐1/4 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Dee Bryan, in honor of her father and mother Lt. Col. C. Earl Bryan and Olive Bryan

Jessica Stockholder 1996, 1996 aluminum flashing, thumb tacks, lights, cords, tree root, wigs, acrylic yarn, cable clamps, carpet, paper mache, plaster and rope 78 x 58 x 42 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson, Los Angeles


Mitchell Syrop The Gift that Keeps on Giving, 1986 Oil on canvas 120 x 76 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Ben C. Deane and with additional funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency

Sam Tchakalian Dipstick, 1974 Oil on canvas 48 x 216 3/8 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Suzanne and Eric Cowing and Stephen S. Sokol Robert Therrien No Title, 1986 Concrete, steel, bronze 111 1/8 x 17 ½ x 17 ½ inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Ben C. Deane

DeWain Valentine Pink Top, 1965 color-‐impregnated polyester resin and fiberglass 55 x 76 x 76 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Herbert Hirsh from the estate of Pauline Hirsh

Gordon Wagner Untitled-‐26562, ca.1960-‐62 assemblage 68 x 47 x 7 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Virginia Wagner


Andy Warhol Mao, 1972 Serigraph Edition 91 of 250 36 x 36 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Ulrike Kantor

William Wegman Selected Works: Reel 1-‐7, 1970-‐77 video 56 minutes, 17 seconds Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided through prior gift of Avco Financial Services

Doug Wheeler Untitled, 1968 sprayed lacquer on plastic with neon tubing 80-‐5/8 x 79-‐5/8 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of Melinda and Edward Wortz

William T. Wiley Little Ladder for Maya, 1981 charcoal and acrylic on canvas 96 x 128 inches Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase

Emerson Woelffer Hamlet, 1953 oil on canvas 32 x 24 inches Collection of OCMA, Gift of the Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection

Bruce and Norman Yonemoto Spalding Gray's Map of L.A., 1984 single-‐channel video 27 minutes, 40 seconds Collection of OCMA, Museum purchase with funds provided thn rough prior gift of Lois Outerbridge

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