Pigeon

Artist Elizabeth Murray American, 1940–2007

Date1991

MediumOil on canvas on laminated wood construction

Dimensions95 3/4 x 62 5/8 x 13 5/16 in. (243.2 x 159.1 x 33.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from gifts by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Levin and William R. Valentiner, by exchange

Object number92.3

On View

On view

ProvenanceProbably created Washington County, NY, 1991; collection of the artist; [Paula Cooper Gallery, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1992.
Published ReferencesMichael Kimmelman, "Contrapuntal Paintings from Elizabeth Murray," New York Times (April 10, 1992), C22, illus. (b-w).

Elizabeth Hess, "Difficult Pleasures: Elizabeth Murray," The Village Voice (April 21, 1992), 93.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (color) 289.

Nancy Malloy, "Elizabeth Murray," Art News 91 (Summer 1992), 126.

Brooks Adams, "Elizabeth Murray at Paula Cooper," Art in America 80 (December 1992), 110-111, illus. (color) 111.

Stephen L. Pelech, "The Malignant Connection," The Sciences 33 (July/August 1993), 32-37, illus. (color) 37 (note: not discussed in text).

J.W.C. [John W. Coffey], "Elizabeth Murray and Pigeon," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 1993), 18-19, illus. (color) 18, also illus. (b-w, with artist) 23.

John W. Coffey, entry for Pigeon, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 253, illus. (color).

John W. Coffey, entry for Pigeon, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 532, illus. (color) 533.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Paula Cooper Gallery, "Elizabeth Murray," April 2-29, 1992.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions,” September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)

Lynchburg, VA, Maier Museum of Art, Randolph Macon Woman's College, "Heart of the Matter: Recent Work by Elizabeth Murray," September 10-December 9, 2005, illus. (color) exhibition brochure.

Savannah, GA, Telfair Museum of Art's Jepson Center for the Arts, "Fast Forward: Three Decades of Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," January 23-April 27, 2008.

Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, "Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 22, 2008-May 17, 2009.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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