28 Yrs. Bad Luck Artist: H. C. Westermann (American, 1922–1981)

1964

Modern and Contemporary Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Wood and glass

Dimensions

33.973 × 33.973 × 24.13 cm (13 3/8 × 13 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Richard Brown Baker, B.A. 1935, Collection

Accession Number

2008.19.286

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Allan Frumkin Gallery, 4/64
Bibliography

  • John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 266–67, no. 138.
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008): 231.
  • David McCarthy, H.C. Westermann at War (Newark, Del.: University of Delaware Press, 2004), 58, fig. 9a.
  • The 40th Anniversary Exhibition: Selections from the Richard Brown Baker Collection, exh. cat. (New York: Frumkin/Adams Gallery, 1992), no. 17.
  • Fortissimo!: Thirty years from the Richard Brown Baker Collection of contemporary art, exh. cat. (Providence, R.I.: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1985), 79, 149, no. 163, ill.
  • Small Works: Selections from the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art, exh. cat. (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1973), 113, no. 129, ill.
  • Art of the 50's and 60's: Selections from the Richard Brown Baker Collection, exh. cat. (Ridgefield, Conn.: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 1965), no. 118.
  • Paintings and Constructions of the 1960's Selected from the Richard Brown Baker Collection, exh. cat. (Providence, R.I.: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1964), no. 52.

Object copyright
© Artist/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
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Additional information

Signed

Stamped top right: H.C. Westerman-Conn. 1964

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