Fishman
Date
1968
Artist
Paul Thek, American, b. Brooklyn, New York, 1933–1988
Provenance
The artist
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, to 25 July 1990
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, 1990
Exhibition History
STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Amsterdam. "The Procession/The Artist's Co-op," 1968-69.
STABLE GALLERY, New York. "Paul Thek," 22 March-10 April 1969.
WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis (shown at Dayton's Department Store). "Figures/Environments," 15 May-13 June 1970. Tour: CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, 2 October-1 November; DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 13 December-17 January 1971, no. 24.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago. "Menace," 3 May-22 June 1975, unnumbered catalogue.
BROOKE ALEXANDER GALLERY, New York. "Paul Thek: Sculpture 1965-1976," 31 May-30 June 1990.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Recent Acquisitions: 1989-1991," 8 October 1991-5 January 1992, unpublished checklist, no. 68.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Paul Thek Retrospective," 1 October 2010- 9 Jan 2011.
Published References
FRACKMAN, NOEL. "Paul Thek," Arts Magazine 43 (May 1969): 62, ill.
LAST, MARTIN. "Paul Thek," Art News 68 (May 1969): 73.
PINCUS-WITTEN, ROBERT. "New York," Artforum 7 (May 1969): 64, ill. p. 63.
SCHJELDAHL, PETER. "New York Letter," Art International 13 (May 1969): 37, ill.
DELEHANTY, SUZANNE. Paul Thek/Processions (Phildelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1977): 4, 13-14, 16, 18, 59-60, ills. 14, 16, 19, 28, (and pp. 76-77, or other version?).
FLOOD, RICHARD. "Paul Thek: Real Misunderstanding," Artforum (October 1981): 50, 52, ill. p. 48.
COTTER, HOLLAND "Thek's Social Reliquaries," Art in America (June 1990): 40-41.
LEVIN, KIM. "Star Thek," Village Voice (26 June 1990): 91, ill.
KACHUR, LEWIS. "New York: Beauty is Dead (That's its Beauty," Art International 13 (Winter 1990): 62, ill.
COTTER, HOLLAND. "Paul Thek," Parkett 27 (March 1991): ill. p. 124.
ARMSTRONG, ELIZABETH. "Paul Thek: Witte de With, Rotterdam," Artforum 34 (November 1995): 86-87.
WITTE DE WITH and BANGMA, ANKA, et al. Paul Thek: The Wonderful World That Almost Was (Rotterdam: Witte de With, 1995): ills. cover, p. 73, no. 8, p. 176; no. 9, p. 177; p. 186.
LANDI, ANN. "Ripe for Rediscovery" ArtNews 95 (November 1996): 120.
O'SULLIVAN, MICHAEL. "Here and Now: Art," Washington Post (3 November 1996): G3, ill.
ROSENZWEIG, PHYLLIS. "Paul Thek: Fishman," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996): 130, colorplate p. 131.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
American Post-Minimal Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, 1990
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
90.10
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Latex, metal rods, newspaper and cotton batting
Dimensions
89 x 25 1/2 x 8 in., approx. 61 lb. (226.1 x 64.8 x 20.3 cm, 27.7 kg)
