The Secret House of Eddie Critch
1961
Edward Kienholz (American, 1927-1994)
Not on View

Kienholz is one of the most widely known Los Angeles artists. Unlike the refined assemblages of Joseph Cornell, Kienholz's works are coarser and often carry a politically charged meaning. Here he has utilized a cast-off piece of furniture as the framework for an assemblage that incorporates doll parts and alludes to a mysterious, hidden narrative.

Details

  • Artist Name: Edward Kienholz (American, 1927-1994)
  • Title: The Secret House of Eddie Critch
  • Date: 1961
  • Medium: Assemblage: drop-front wood veneered writing desk; with traces of paint, containing plastic doll parts, leather, wood, chicken wire, and animal fur
  • Dimensions: 24 x 32-1/4 x 13 in. (61.0 x 81.9 x 33.0 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mrs. Sadye J. Moss
  • Accession Number: P.1966.01.4
  • Copyright: © Estate of Nancy Reddin Kienholz

Object Information

Mrs. Sadye J. Moss, gift 1966 to;
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, 1966 -1975
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 1975.

Edward Kienholz, 1954-1962

  • The Menil Collection, 1995-10-20 to 1996-01-14

Radical Past: Contemporary Art and Music in Pasadena, 1960-1974

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1999-02-07 to 1999-06-06
  • Armory Center for the Arts, 1999-02-07 to 1999-04-11
  • Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, Calif.), 1999-02-07 to 1999-04-25

Dark Visions: Mid-Century Macabre

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2016-09-02 to 2017-01-16

A Salute to the Ferus Gallery

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1993-09-23 to 1994-03-20

Pasadena to Santa Barbara: A Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951-1969

  • Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2012-02-11 to 2012-05-06

Lost but Found: Assemblage, Collage and Sculpture, 1920-2002

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2004-11-05 to 2005-03-28
  • Edward Kienholz 1954-1962, 1995, no. 33 pp. 10, 41
  • Kienholz, Edward, and Nancy Kienholz, Kienholz, A Retrospective, 1996, no. 32 p. 84
  • Armory Center for the Arts/Art Center College of Design, Radical Past: Contemporary Art & Music in Pasadena, 1960-1974, 1999, p. 41
  • Joyce, Julie et al., Pasadena to Santa Barbara: A Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951-1969, 2012, p. 101

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