Property from an Important Private Collection Sold to Benefit a Charitable Foundation
Ross Bleckner
b. 1949
The Fifth Examined Life
oil and wax on linen
96 by 72 in.
243.8 by 182.9 cm.
Executed in 1989.
Condition Report
Provenance
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in April 1989 by the present owner
Literature
Donald Kuspit, "Reviews: Ross Bleckner," Artforum, April 1991, p. 125
Mark Stevens, "Art of Darkness, "New York Magazine, 13 March 1995, p. 68
Exhibited
New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Ross Bleckner, April 1991, illustrated in color (on the cover), n.p., illustrated in color
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art and Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno Centro Julio González, Ross Bleckner, March - March 1996, no. 62, n.p., illustrated in color