A Wisp of the Girl She Used to Be
1963
Larry Bell (American, 1939-)
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Details

  • Artist Name: Larry Bell (American, 1939-)
  • Title: A Wisp of the Girl She Used to Be
  • Date: 1963
  • Medium: Acrylic on canvas with glass and mirror
  • Dimensions: 48-1/2 x 48-1/2 x 3 in. (123.2 x 123.2 x 7.6 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Museum Purchase, Fellows Acquisition Fund
  • Accession Number: P.1971.2
  • Copyright: © 2008 Larry Bell

Object Information

[Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, to];
Donald and Lynn Factor, Beverly Hills (sale Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, 17 March 1971, to);
Pasadena Art Museum, 1971-1975;
Norton Simon Museum.

Larry Bell

  • Pasadena Art Museum, 1972-04-11 to 1972-06-11

On Ramps: Transitional Moments in California Art

  • Pasadena Museum of California Art, 2002-06-01 to 2002-09-01

Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface

  • Museum of Contemporary Art (San Diego, Calif.), 2011-09-25 to 2012-01-22

Permanent and Loan Collection, 1974

  • Pasadena Museum of Modern Art, 1974-03-16 to 1974-06-06

American Art of the 1950s and 1960s from the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988-08-11 to 1994-04-03

Translucence: Southern California Art from the 1960s & 1970s

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2006-05-12 to 2006-08-28

Permanent and Loan Collection, 1973

  • Pasadena Museum of Modern Art, 1973-01-30 to 1973-12-31

Selections from the Permanent Collection

  • Pasadena Art Museum, 1971-07-13 to 1971-09-19
  • Wilson, William, Los Angeles Times, p. 10
  • Sotheby Parke Bernet, Contemporary Art Auction, 1971, no. 6 cover, p. 4
  • Pasadena Art Museum, Larry Bell, 1972, p. 3
  • Humblet, Claudine, La Nouvelle Abstraction Américaine 1950-1970, 2003, Vol. II p. 1147

Additional Artwork by Artist

Ida Rose Larry Bell 1962
Untitled Larry Bell 1979
Untitled Larry Bell 1962

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