Is, Was (Deep)
Artist
Christopher Wilmarth
(American, 1943-1987)
CultureAmerican
Date1975-76
MediumEtched plate glass and steel
DimensionsOverall: 48 x 72 x 48 in. (121.9 x 182.9 x 121.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number95.27
Not on view
Label TextChristopher Wilmarth
American, 1943–1987
Is, Was (Deep), 1975–76
Etched plate glass and steel
Museum purchase 95.27
ProvenanceThe artist (1943-1987); the Artist's Estate; Sidney Janis Gallery; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, 1995.
Exhibition History"Christopher Wilmarth," Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, N.Y., March 1995.
Published ReferencesRobert G. Edelman, "Christopher Wilmarth at Sidney Janis," _Art in America_ 83, no. 6 (June 1995): 103.
Deirdre Stein Greben, "Christopher Wilmarth: Sidney Janis," _ARTNews_ 94 (Summer 1995): 123.
Michael Kimmelman, "Christoper Wilmarth" _The New York Times_ (March 17, 1995): C-29.
Mark Stevens, "On View: Melancholy Brilliance," _New York Magazine_ (March 13, 1995).
Martha N. Hagood and Jefferson C. Harrison, _American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005), 249, no. 153. ISBN: 0-940744-71-6
mid-to-late 18th century
