Gouache, acrylic, various punched papers, thread and adhesive, 1976. 254x318 mm; 10x12½ inches (unframed); 362x438x64 mm; 14¼x17¼x2½ inches (including the Plexiglass box). Signed, numbered #81 and dated in pencil, lower right on the mount.
Provenance Rosa Esman Gallery, New York (label). Private collection, New York.
This punched paper assemblage is a colorful and early example of Howardena Pindell's important work in this innovative medium. Several other examples of this series, including Untitled #69, were included in the artist's 2018 traveling retrospective, Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen, curated by Naomi Beckwith and Valerie Cassel Oliver, organized at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
