id:			161643
accession number:	2000.21
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.21
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:43.277000

Crown of Thorns (Songs on the Death of Children), 1994. Guillermo Kuitca (Argentinian, b. 1961). Acrylic and oil on canvas; overall: 240 x 189.8 cm (94 1/2 x 74 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Contemporary Art Society on the occasion of its 40th anniversary 2000.21 © Guillermo Kuitca, Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York

title:				Crown of Thorns (Songs on the Death of Children)
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creation date:			1994
creation date earliest:		1994
creation date latest:		1994
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creditline:			Gift of the Contemporary Art Society on the occasion of its 40th anniversary
copyright:			© Guillermo Kuitca, Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York

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culture:	Argentina
technique:	Acrylic and oil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Guillermo Kuitca (Argentinian, b. 1961)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

	title:		Everything: Guillermo Kuitca, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980-2008
	opening date:   2009-10-09T00:00:00
	<i>Everything: Guillermo Kuitca, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980-2008</i>. Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL (organizer) (October 9, 2009-January 17, 2010); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (February 19-May 30, 2010); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (June 26-September 19, 2010); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (October 21, 2010-January 9, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 137, p. 124, repr. p. 127.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Miami Art Museum, FL (10/9/2009 - 1/17/2010), Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (2/19/2010 - 5/30/2010),  Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (6/26/2010 - 9/19/2010) and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (10/21/2010 - 1/9/2011):  "Everything: Guillermo Kuitca, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980-2008"', 'opening_date': '2009-10-09T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “CMA Acquires Major Contemporary Latin American Painting as Gift of Contemporary Art Society,” December 12, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4360

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