id: 156826 accession number: 1992.48 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.48 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:16.200000 Rock Recliner, 1991. William Wegman (American, 1943-). Dye diffusion transfer process color print (Polaroid Polacolor); image: 59.8 x 53.2 cm (23 9/16 x 20 15/16 in.); paper: 76 x 55.9 cm (29 15/16 x 22 in.); matted: 81.3 x 71.1 cm (32 x 28 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Lindy and Richard Barnett 1992.48 © William Wegman/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York title: Rock Recliner title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1991 creation date earliest: 1991 creation date latest: 1991 current location: creditline: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Lindy and Richard Barnett copyright: © William Wegman/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York --- culture: America, 20th century technique: dye diffusion transfer process color print (Polaroid Polacolor) department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * William Wegman (American, 1943-) - artist William Wegman American, 1943- William Wegman (born Holyoke, Massachusetts) wears many hats: artist, director, clown, cultural critic. He is, at heart, a conceptualist, a photographer who began as a painter and who retains a surrealist's sense of irony. He moves easily among photography, video, painting, drawing, and printmaking, incorporating as few or as many techniques from each medium as needed. Wegman's most faithful models have been his Weimaraner dogs, Man Ray and Fay Ray, and the latter's many offspring. Dressing the dogs in various costumes, then situating them with artifacts extracted from consumer culture, Wegman makes sarcastic, often hilariously goofy commentary on contemporary American society. Educated at the Massachusetts College of Art (B.F.A., 1965) and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (M.F.A., 1967), Wegman has achieved worldwide recognition through his numerous publications and exhibitions. In 1990 the Kunstmuseum in Lucerne organized an extensive survey of Wegman's paintings, drawings, photographs, and videotapes that traveled throughout Europe and the United States to venues that included the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He has received fellowships from the John Simon Memorial Guggenheim Foundation (1975, 1986) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1975-77, 1982), and a New York Creative Artists Public Service Grant (1979). Wegman lives in New York. A.W. --- measurements: Image: 59.8 x 53.2 cm (23 9/16 x 20 15/16 in.); Paper: 76 x 55.9 cm (29 15/16 x 22 in.); Matted: 81.3 x 71.1 cm (32 x 28 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in black ink on recto: "Rock Recliner William Wegman [signed] '91" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary opening date: 1992-10-27T05:00:00 Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993). title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00 Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997). title: Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art opening date: 2004-07-24T00:00:00 Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 3, 2004). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'CMA, October 27, 1992 - January 3, 1993: "Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum\'s Seventy-Fifth Anniversary."', 'opening_date': '1992-10-27T00:00:00'} * {'description': '"Selected Acquisitions," CMA Bulletin, 80 (February 1993), p. 69, no. 135, repr. p. 64.', 'opening_date': '1993-02-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/24/04 - 11/3/04. "Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art." No exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '2004-07-24T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."', 'opening_date': '1997-02-02T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79. page number: Reproduced: p. 64; Mentioned p. 69 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388 Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 371 url: --- IMAGES