Huck and Jim

Gallery 135

2014

Charles Ray
American, born 1953

Status: On View, Gallery 135

Artist: Charles Ray
Title: Huck and Jim
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.: 2014
Medium: Machined stainless steel
Edition: Artist's proof, from an edition of 2
Dimensions: Overall: 283.3 × 137.2 × 136.6 cm (111 1/2 × 54 × 53 3/4 in.); Huck: 151.5 × 78.2 × 126.1 cm (59 5/8 × 30 3/4 × 49 5/8 in.); Jim: 283.3 × 111.2 × 67.4 cm (111 1/2 × 43 3/4 × 26 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the artist; fabrication supported by Grant J. Pick Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 2022.251.1-2

Bernhard Mendes Bürgi, Douglas Druick, Michael Fried, Richard T. Neer, James Rondeau, and Ann Middleton Wagner, Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997–2014, exh. cat. (Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2014), 9, 21, 76–89, 95, 142, 143, cat. 20 (color ill.).
Kelly Baum and Brinda Kumar, with contributions by Charles Ray and Hal Foster, Charles Ray: Figure Ground, exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022), 24-29, 41, 42 (color ill.), 43, 50-51, 62, cat. 7 (color ill.), 63 (detail, color ill.), 91-92, 93 (detail, color ill.), 94, 99, 105nn71, 74, 76, 79, 106nn81, 83, 87-89.
William Poundstoe, “‘Huck and Jim’ in Desantis Land” Los Angeles County Museum on Fire Blog, March 13, 2023, n.p. (color ill.)https://lacmaonfire.blogspot.com/2023/03/huck-and-jim-in-desantis-land.html

Kunstmuseum Basel, Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997–2014, June 15–Sept. 28, 2014, cat. 20; Art Institute of Chicago, May 15–Oct. 4, 2015 (another edition).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Charles Ray: Figure Ground, Jan. 31–June 5, 2022, cat. 7 (another edition).

The artist; sold through Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, June 7, 2022.

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