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Carolee Schneemann List of Works Works Are Listed in Chronological Carolee Schneemann List of Works Works are listed in chronological order, and works created in the same year in alphabetical order. Descriptive titles, which have not been authorized as official titles, are not set in italics. Dimensions are given as height by width by depth in both inches and centimeters. All kinds of performance, including the ones for which the artist primarily served as choreographer, are mentioned as “performances.” Specific contexts of performances and the creation of works are mentioned after the medium. When no other performer is listed, the artist has performed the work. Dates of actions and performances are noted where possible. When not otherwise specified, the exhibited works are on loan from the artist and P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, NY, US. Works marked with an asterisk (*) are not included in the exhibition, but in the storage at MdMS. Punishment, 1940s Childhood drawings Series of 11 drawings Pencil on paper, mounted on black drawing paper [dimensions?] [total dimensions?] Girl Skating, 1940s Childhood drawings Crayon on paper [dimensions?] Girl Acrobating Moon Shining, 1940s Childhood drawings Crayon on paper [dimensions?] A Stage Play, 1940s Childhood drawings Pencil and crayon on paper [dimensions?] Ice Skaters, 1940s Childhood drawings Series of 7 drawings Pencil on paper, mounted on black drawing paper [dimensions?] [total dimensions?] 1/23 MdMS_Schneemann_Werkliste_E_20151126_TT_final_cleaned Cat on Staircase and Cat at Soda Fountain, 1948* 2 childhood drawings Pencil paper (facsimiles) mounted on brown and black drawing paper 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm, framed) Leaping Girl—Three Legs and Apple (Age 6) and Cat in a Box Waving Arms (Age 5), 1944—1945* 2 childhood drawings Pencil on paper (facsimiles) mounted on brown and black drawing paper 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm, framed) Girl & Weeping Girl in Door Window (Age 5) and Girl Carrying Window Pane (Age 5), 1944* 2 childhood drawings Pencil and pencil with crayon on paper (facsimiles) mounted on brown and black drawing paper 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm, framed) Funeral and Three Girls Holding Up Lamps & Vases, 1945* 2 childhood drawings Pencil on paper (facsimiles) mounted on brown and black drawing paper 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm, framed) Dreamers In Bed with Dreams Above Their Heads, 1945* 2 childhood drawings Pencil on paper (facsimiles) mounted on brown and black drawing paper 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm, framed) Angry Nun and Baby in Bassinette Throwing Toy, 1944* 2 childhood drawings Pencil on paper (facsimiles) mounted on brown and black drawing paper 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm, framed) Roller Scating & Dancing Girls, 1944* 4 childhood drawings Pencil with crayon on paper (facsimiles) mounted on brown and black drawing paper 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm, framed) Self-portrait, 1954–1955 Oil on canvas 36 × 20 1/8 in. (91.5 × 51 cm) 36 5/8 × 20 3/4 in. framed (93 × 53 cm) Wintered—In Memory of Diane Musser, 1955 Oil on canvas 30 3/4 × 36 in. (78 × 91.5 cm) 2/23 MdMS_Schneemann_Werkliste_E_20151126_TT_final_cleaned Secret Garden, 1956 Oil on canvas 25 × 23 1/4 in. (63.5 × 59.1 cm) Winter’s Fuel I, 1956 Oil on canvas 31 3/4 × 27 3/4 in. (80.7 × 70.5 cm) Aria Duetto (Cantata No. 78), 1957 Oil on canvas 46 × 53 3/4 in. (116.8 × 136.5 cm) Pin Wheel, 1957 Oil on canvas, wood, steel (potter’s wheel) 36 × 30 3/4 in. (91.4 × 78.1 cm) Wheel diameter 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Personae: J.T. and Three Kitchs, 1957 Oil on canvas 31 3/4 × 48 1/2 in. (80.6 × 123.2 cm) Three Figures after Pontormo, 1957 Oil on canvas 46 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (118.1 × 80 cm) Mill Forms—Eagle Square, 1957—1958 Oil on canvas 36 × 44 in. (91.4 × 111.8 cm) Summer I (Honey Suckle), 1958 Oil on canvas 42 1/2 × 49 3/4 in. (107.9 × 126.3 cm) Early Landscape, 1959 Oil on canvas 49 1/4 × 33 3/4 in. (125.1 × 85.7 cm) Winter, 1959 Oil and gouache on paper mounted on canvas 31 × 42 3/8 in. (78.7 × 107.7 cm) Winter’s Fuel II, 1959 Oil on Masonite panel 16 × 40 in. (40.6 × 101.6 cm) 3/23 MdMS_Schneemann_Werkliste_E_20151126_TT_final_cleaned Animal Carnage and Kitch’s Dream, 1960 Diptych Oil on burnt Masonite panels 24 1/2 × 35 3/4 in. each (62.2 × 90.8 cm) Firelights, 1960 Ink, acrylic paint, and collage on Masonite panel 17 × 23 1/2 in. (43.2 × 58.4 cm) December Re-Membered, 1960 Wooden box, photographs, paper, oil paint, lace, light bulbs 24 × 23 × 6 in. (61 × 58.4 × 15.2 cm) Shirt Sleeves, 1960 Oil paint and fabric (shirt sleeve) mounted on Masonite board 48 × 48 × 1 in. (121.9 × 121.9 × 2.5 cm) Vestibule, 1960 Oil, crayons, tempera, fabric, wood, nails, paintbrush, eggshells on Masonite panel 34 3/4 × 51 × 3 in. (88.3 × 129.5 × 7.6 cm , framed) Conversions, 1961 Wood, oil paint, rope, metal on wooden board 56 × 41 × 3 in. (142.2 × 104.1 × 7.6 cm) Private Collection, London Red Figure, 1961 Oil on Masonite panel 59 1/2 × 48 × 1 in. (151.1 × 121.9 × 2.5 cm) Sir Henry Francis Taylor, 1961 Oil paint, photographs (gelatin silver prints, e.g. Sir Henry Francis Taylor by Julia Margaret Cameron), underpants, plaster, swing glass, on Masonite panel 54 1/2 × 39 × 6 1/2 in. (138.4 × 99.1 × 16.5 cm) Courtesy of the artist, P.P.O.W, and Hales Gallery Tenebration, 1961 Oil paint on canvas, paper, wood strips, cloth and photographs (Wanda Landowska, Johannes Brahms, and Ludwig van Beethoven) mounted on wooden board 52 1/2 × 46 in. (133.4 × 116.8 cm) Colorado House, 1962 Wood, stretchers, wire, fur, strips of painted canvas, bottles, broom handle, glass shards, flag, photograph, plywood base 61 × 52 × 32 in. (154.9 × 132.1 × 81.3 cm) 4/23 MdMS_Schneemann_Werkliste_E_20151126_TT_final_cleaned For Yvonne Rainer’s Ordinary Dance, 1962 Wooden box, glass shards, mirrors, oil paint, burnt 15 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (40 × 23.5 × 6.4 cm, open) Controlled Burning: Darker Companion, 1962—1963 Wooden box, glass shards, mirrors, oil paint, burnt 15 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (42.6 × 23.5 × 6.4 cm, open) Fur Wheel, 1962 Lamp shade base, oil paint, fur, tin cans, mirrors, glass, mounted on turning wheel (motor) 19 × 19 × 11 1/2 in. (48.3 × 48.3 × 29.2 cm) Generali Foundation Collection – Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg Inv.-No. GF0031750.00.0-2015 Glass Environment for Sound and Motion, 1962 Performance The Living Theater, New York, NY, US, 1– 2 May 1962 Organization: Philip Corner, Dick Higgins Performers: Andre Cadet, Malcolm Goldstein, Yvonne Rainer, Judy Ratner, Arlene Rothlein 2 gelatin silver prints 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Photos: Steve Schapiro 1 gelatin silver print / 1 contact sheet* 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (14 × 21.6 cm) / 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm) Photos: Steve Schapiro Sphinx, 1962 Oak box, bottles, oil paint, rope, cloth, plaster, photographs, and other material 62 3/8 × 31 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (158.5 × 81 × 12.5 cm) museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien, on loan from the Austrian Ludwig Foundation, since 2013 Native Beauties, 1962–1964 Wooden box, photographs, Limoges cup, bones, dead bird, oil paint, glass shards, twig, paper, wood 26 × 41 × 5 1/2 in. (66 × 104.1 × 20 cm) Chromelodeon (4th Concretion), 1963 Performance Judson Dance Theater, Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY, US, 23 and 25 June 1963 Performers: Lucinda Childs, Ruth Emerson, Deborah Hay, Carol Summers, John Worden 5/23 MdMS_Schneemann_Werkliste_E_20151126_TT_final_cleaned 4 chromogenic color prints 5 × 7 in. each (12.7 × 17.8 cm) Photos: Al Giese, Robert McElroy 3 gelatin silver prints 8 × 10 in. each (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Photos: Al Giese Gelatin silver print* 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm) Photo: James Tenney Controlled Burning: Fireplace, 1963–1964 Wooden box, glass shards, mirror, paper, oil paint, adhesive 21 1/2 × 24 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (54.6 × 62.2 × 13.3 cm) Diaries, 1963–1977 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 8 3/5 × 5 1/2 × 4/5 in. (22 × 14 × 2.2 cm) / 8 × 5 3/4 × 3/5 in. (20.4 × 14.5 × 1.7 cm) / 8 × 5 1/2 × 1 in. (20,8 × 14.2 × 2.4 cm) / 8 × 5 1/2 × 1 1/5 in. (20.3 × 14.1 × 31.1 cm) / 8 × 5 3/5 × 1 3/8 in. (20.3 × 14.4 × 3.5 cm) / 8 2/5 × 5 1/2 × 1 1/5 in. (21.4 × 14.2 × 3 cm) / 7 7/8 × 5 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (20 × 14.3 × 3.2 cm) / 8 × 5 3/5 × 1 1/4 in. (20.4 × 14.4 × 3.2 cm) / 8 × 5 5/8 × 1 1/3 in. (20.2 × 14.3 × 3.3 cm) M1892 Carolee Schneemann papers, circa 1954–2012, courtesy of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions for Camera, 1963 Photo-series, artist’s studio, 114 West 29th Street, New York, NY, US, December 1963 18 gelatin silver prints 24 × 20 in.
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