Gallery exhibition
Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Installation photography, Kienholz Before LACMA
Edward Kienholz / 
Black With White, 1957 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
70 1/4 x 34 1/4 x 1 3/4 in (178.4 x 87 x 4.4 cm) / 
Framed: 71 1/2 x 35 3/4 x 2 in (181.6 x 90.8 x 5.1 cm) / 
Anonymous
Edward Kienholz / 
Leda and the Canadian Honker, 1957 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
25 x 80 3/4 x 3 in (63.5 x 205.1 x 7.62 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / 
Exodus, 1958 / 
oil and wood on plywood with text / 
23 1/2 x 48 x 1 in (59.7 x 121.9 x 2.54 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / 
Untitled, c. 1958 / mixed media on panel / 33 1/4 x 45 in (84.5 x 114.3 cm)
Edward Kienholz / 
The Little Eagle Rock Incident, 1958 / 
paint and resin on plywood with mounted deer head / 
61 3/4 x 49 x 20 in (156.8 x 124.5 x 50.8 cm) / 
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Edward Kienholz / The Medicine Show, 1958 - 1959 / mixed media assemblage / 69 x 48 x 6 in (175.3 x 121.9 x 15.2 cm) / 
Collection of Betty and Monte Factor, Santa Monica, CA
Edward Kienholz / 
Mother Sterling, 1959 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
52 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in (132.1 x 47 x 47 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / 
The Family Album, 1960 / 
photography album and found photographs / 
8 1/2 x 12 x 3 in. (21.6 x 30.5 x 7.6 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / 
One and One Half Tits, 1960 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
15 1/2 x 18 x 6 1/4 in (39.4 x 45.7 x 15.9 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / 
American Girl, 1960 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
20 3/4 x 13 1/4 x 3 in (52.7 x 33.7 x 7.6 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / Flow Gently, Sweet Often, 1960 / painted wood assemblage / 
35 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 8 in (90.2 x 49.5 x 20.3 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / It Takes Two to Integrate (Cha Cha Cha), 1961 / painted dolls, dried fish, glass in wooden box / 31 x 27 x 7 in (78.7 x 68.6 x 17.8 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / The American Way, II, 1960 and 1970 / paint and resin on rubber garden hose with severed deer neck mounted on wood; / once covered with paint and watercolor on canvas (left image), subsequently removed by the artist (right image) / 22 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 8 in (57.8 x 56.5 x 20.3 cm) / 
Courtesy of Susan Camiel, from the Dorothy and Michael Blankfort Collection
Edward Kienholz / 
Untitled (For Jenny), 1960 / 
mixed media assemblage with turntable, wire, and sheet metal elements / 
24 x 22 x 12 in (61 x 55.9 x 30.5 cm) / 
Courtesy of Jennette Kienholz
Edward Kienholz / 
The U.S. Duck, or Home from the Summit, 1960 / construction / 26 7/16 x 21 1/4 x 6 in (67.2 x 54 x 15.2 cm) / 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Bequest
Edward Kienholz / 
Sleepy's Hollow With Handle and Wheels, 1962 / mixed media / 29 x 28 x 58 in (73.7 x 71.1 x 147.3 cm) / 
Collection of Betty and Monte Factor, Santa Monica, CA
Edward Kienholz / 
Ida Franger, 1960 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
33 3/8 x 16 1/2 x 18 1/2 in (84.8 x 41.9 x 47 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / America My Hometown, 1963 / mixed media assemblage / 33 x 28 x 28 in (83.8 x 71.1 x 71.1 cm) / 
Private collection, Sweden
Edward Kienholz / The Sky is Falling: Act One, 1963 / mixed media assemblage / 45 x 24 x 22 in (114.3 x 61 x 55.9 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / 
The Little Black Heart, 1963 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
59 x 9 x 9 in (149.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm) / 
From the private collection of Tony & Helen Berlant, Santa Monica, CA
Edward Kienholz / 
The Black Angel, 1964 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
21 1/2 x 15 x 15 in (54.6 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm) / 
Private collection
Edward Kienholz / 
Instant On, 1964 / 
mixed media assemblage with fiberglass and flock, electric blanket control, photographs, antenna / 
9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/4 in (24.1 x 16.5 x 15.9 cm) / 
Collection of Betty and Monte Factor, Santa Monica, CA
24 Jan - 3 Mar 2012

In collaboration with Maurice Tuchman

artist profile

press release

Selected articles

Ollman, Leah. "Art review: 'Kienholz Before LACMA' at L.A. Louver"
Los Angeles Times. 2 February 2012.
full article, PDF | latimesblogs.latimes.com

Martinez, Alanna. "10 Global Art Exhibitions, From Daniel Heidkamp's Luscious Landscapes to Ed Keinholz's Early Works"
artinfo.com. 2 February 2012.
full article, PDF | artinfo.com

Goldman, Edward. "Surrealism at LACMA, Gingrich to the Moon"
Huffington Post. 2 February 2012.
full article, PDF | www.huffingtonpost.com



Brochure

Kienholz Kienholz Before LACMA
L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
24 January - 3 March 2012
Foreword by Peter Goulds, and text by Maurice Tuchman

40 pages, 28 color reproductions
Softback

PDF of the "Kienholz Before LACMA" exhibition booklet


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