Gallery exhibition
Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz Sollie 17 and The White Easel Series
Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz / 
Sollie 17 (exterior), 1979 - 80 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
10 x 28 x 14 ft (3 x 8.5 x 4.3 m) / 
Collection of the National Museum of American Art / Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz / 
Sollie 17 (interior), 1979 - 80 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
10 x 28 x 14 ft (3 x 8.5 x 4.3 m) / 
Collection of the National Museum of American Art / Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz / 
Sollie 17 (detail), 1979 - 80 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
10 x 28 x 14 ft (3 x 8.5 x 4.3 m) / 
Collection of the National Museum of American Art / Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz / 
Sollie 17 (detail), 1979 - 80 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
10 x 28 x 14 ft (3 x 8.5 x 4.3 m) / 
Collection of the National Museum of American Art / Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz / 
Sollie 17 (detail), 1979 - 80 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
10 x 28 x 14 ft (3 x 8.5 x 4.3 m) / 
Collection of the National Museum of American Art / Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz / 
Sollie 17 (detail), 1979 - 80 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
10 x 28 x 14 ft (3 x 8.5 x 4.3 m) / 
Collection of the National Museum of American Art / Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz / 
Sollie 17 (detail), 1979 - 80 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
10 x 28 x 14 ft (3 x 8.5 x 4.3 m) / 
Collection of the National Museum of American Art / Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Edward & Nancy Reddin Kienholz / 
Sollie 17 (detail), 1979 - 80 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
10 x 28 x 14 ft (3 x 8.5 x 4.3 m) / 
Collection of the National Museum of American Art / Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Drawing for Sollie 17, 1980
wood molding, photograph, linoleum, iron bed frame, paper, resin
97 x 48 x 82 1/2 in. (246.38 x 121.92 x 209.55 cm)
Private collection
Edward and Nancy Kienholz announcement, 1981
Edward and Nancy Kienholz announcement, 1981
Edward and Nancy Kienholz announcement, 1981
KCET Kienholz announcement, 1981
The Deep Purple Rage, 1980 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
60 x 48 x 80 in. (152.4 x 121.9 x 203.2 cm) / 
Private collection
The Deep Purple Rage (detail), 1980 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
60 x 48 x 80 in. (152.4 x 121.9 x 203.2 cm) / 
Private collection
The Jungen, 1977 / 
mixed media assemblage, five parts / 
dimensions variable / 
Private collection
White Easel with Face (detail), 1977 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
110 x 84 x 36 in. (33.5 x 25.6 x 10.9 cm) /  
Private collection
White Easel with Face, 1977 / 
mixed media assemblage / 
110 x 84 x 36 in. (33.5 x 25.6 x 10.9 cm) /  
Private collection
3 Oct - 7 Nov 1981

artist profile

Sollie 17 traveled to or was a part of the following exhibitions:

1981 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
1 March – 26 April 1981

International Sculpture Conference
International Sculpture Center
Washington D.C.
June 1981

Sollie 17 and The White Easel Series
L.A. Louver
Venice, CA
3 October – 7 November 1981

Sollie 17
Newport Harbor Art Museum
Newport Beach, CA
27 February – 25 April 1982

Tableaux: Nine Contemporary Sculptors
Contemporary Arts Center
Cincinnati, OH
17 October – 6 November 1982

Kienholz in Context
Touchstone Center for the Visual Arts
Spokane, Washington
4 May – 3 June 1984

Human Scale
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
28 June – 26 August 1984

Contemporary Arts Museum
Houston, TX
17 November 1984 – 13 January 1985

Walker Art Center
17 February – 7 April 1985

Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
7 September – 11 November 1985

Sollie 17
Detroit Institue of the Arts
Detroit, MI
22 April – 30 June 1986

Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945 - 1986
Museum of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles, CA
10 December 1986 – 10 January 1987

Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz: 1980s
Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
23 March – 28 May 1989

Museum Moderner Kunst
Vienna, Austria
September 29 – November 12, 1989

Humanity, the Environment and the Future: an Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Sonje Museum of Art
Seoul, Korea
24 June – 24 September 1994

Kienholz Retrospective
Whitney Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
29 February – 2 June 1996

Museum of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles, CA
29 June – 2 November 1996

Berlinische Galerie
Berlin, Germany
7 February – 31 March 1997


Collection of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian
Institute, Washington D.C.

KCET aired its production of the film Kienholz on 8 August 1981 at 10:00 pm
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