The Emperor

Artist David Salle American, born 1952

Date2000

MediumOil and acrylic on canvas and linen

Dimensions84 x 147 in. (213.4 x 373.4 cm)
Frame: 87 x 150 in. (221 x 381 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object number2001.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated New York, 2000; collection of the artist; [Gagosian Gallery, New York]; sold to NCMA, 2001.
Published ReferencesDavid Salle/Pastoral (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2001), listed 44, illus. (color) 45, and 21 (in progress).

Donald Kuspit, "The Hard-To-Get-At Muse," exhibition review posted at http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/kuspit/kuspit1-26-01.asp (copyright © Artnet, 2001), illus. (color).

Grace Glueck, "David Salle 'Pastorale'" (exh. review), The New York Times (February 23, 2001), B33.

"N.C. Museum of Art Oks 7 acquisitions," Durham: The Herald-Sun (April 13, 2001), mentioned D5.

John W. Coffey, "Museum Acquires Painting by David Salle," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (May/June 2001), 8-9, illus. (b-w) 8.

Max Halperen, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," (exhibition review) Art Papers (November/December 2004), mentioned 45.

Chad Alan Weinard, entry for The Emperor, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 544, illus. (color) 545.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Gagosian Gallery, "David Salle/Pastoral," January 20-March 3, 2001, cat. listed 44, illus. (color) 45, and 21 (in progress).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," July 18, 2004-February 27, 2005.

Greenwich, CT, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, "David Salle," November 16, 2021–April 2, 2022. Object Rights Statement

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