Heartbreak Hotel / (Reservation)

Object Details

Artist

Robert Colescott, American, b. Oakland, California, 1925–2009

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 "Recent Acquisitions: 1989-1991," 8 October 1991-5 January 1992, unpublished checklist, no. 14.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.

Published References

AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 283, p. 307.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1991

1990

Accession Number

91.4

Type

Painting

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

84 × 71 7/8 in. (213.4 × 182.6 cm)

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Record ID

hmsg_91.4

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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