Mary in the Sky With Diamonds

Contemporary Art

2005

Candida Alvarez
American, born 1955

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Contemporary Art

Artist: Candida Alvarez
Title: Mary in the Sky With Diamonds
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 2005
Medium: Acrylic and enamel on canvas
Dimensions: 182.8 × 213 cm (72 × 84 in.)
Credit Line: Wilson L. Mead Trust Fund; Martin B. Cahn Prize, Emilie L. Wild Prize, Max V. Kohnstamm Prize, Ann M. Viehler Prize, Laura Slobe Memorial Prize, and William and Bertha Clusmann Prize funds
Reference Number: 2021.258
Copyright: © 2005 Candida Alvarez. Courtesy of the Artist and Monique Meloche Gallery.

Karen Azarnia and Anne Harris, Candida Alvarez: drawinggreen, exh. cat. (Riverside, IL: Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery, 2012), n.p. (color ill.).
Kate Lorenz, Allison Quinn Peters, and Valorie D. Thomas, Cándida Alvarez: mambomountain, exh.cat. (Chicago: Hyde Park Art Center, 2013), 2 (color ill.), 8, cat. 5, 9 (color ill.), 33, 42–43 (color ill).
Kellie Jones, Terry R. Meyers, Daniel Quiles, and others, Candida Alvarez: Here. A Visual Reader, exh. cat. (Chicago: Green Lantern Press, 2020), 53 (color ill.), 98 (color ill.), 131 (color ill.).

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Artists and Their Kids: What Makes You Laugh?, Mar. 1-Apr. 15, 2005, no cat.
Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition, Oct. 6-Nov. 3, 2006, no cat.
Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Candida Alvarez: Mambomountain, Dec. 12, 2012–Mar. 24, 2013, cat.5.
Chicago Cultural Center, Candida Alvarez: Here, Apr. 29–Aug. 6, 2017, no cat. no.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Society for Contemporary Art Annual Exhibition, May 28, 2021–Jan. 2022, no cat.

The artist; sold through Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 9, 2021.

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