Vito Acconci
(American, 1940 – 2017)
Trademarks
1971
Lithograph
Edition of 50
Signed and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 30 x 22 inches (76 x 56 cm)
Executed in June, 1971, at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Lithography Workshop, Halifax.
Price on request
Lithograph printed in two colors from stone, a fine, fresh impression of the only known state, the full sheet, printed on Arches paper, nearly to the edges, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, executed in edition of 50 (there were also 5 numbered Artist’s Proofs and 4 annotated NSCAD proofs) printed by Robert Rogers at the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design Lithography Workshop, with his blindstamp, published by the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax; in very fine condition, unframed.
Exhibited:
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Prints from Halifax, 06 October – 12 November 1971 (another example)
St. Catharines, Ontario, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, Lithographs I: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 15 September – 15 October 1971, no.33, illustrated (another example)
Kingston, Ontario, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Lithographs II: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 01 – 31 October 1971 (another example*) * note two complete sets of prints from the NSCAD Lithography Workshop were simultaneously exhibited)
Calgary, Alberta College of Art, Lithographs I: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 01 –30 November 1971 (another example)
Guelph, Ontario, University of Guelph, Lithographs II: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 15 November – 15 December 1971 (another example)
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Recent Vanguard Acquisitions, 18 December 1971 – 09 January 1972, no.31 (another example)
Edmonton, Student’s Union Gallery, University of Alberta, Lithographs I: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 15 December 1971 – 15 January 1972 (another example)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mendel Art Gallery, Lithographs II: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 01 – 31 January 1972 (another example)
Halifax, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Lithographs I: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 01 – 29 February 1972 (another example)
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Drawings, Lithographs from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 08 – 28 February 1972 (another example)
Joliette, Quebec, Cégep de Joliette, Lithographs II: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 15 February – 15 March 1972 (another example)
Montreal, Musée d’art contemporain, Lithographs I: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 15 March – 15 April 1972 (another example)
London, Ontario, London Public Library and Art Museum, Lithographs II: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 01 – 30 April 1972 (another example)
Oshawa, Ontario, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Lithographs I: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 01 May – 18 June 1972 (another example)
Paris, France, Canadian Cultural Centre, Lithographs II: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 15 May – 15 June 1972 (another example)
Vancouver, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Lithographs I: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 01 July – 15 August 1972 (another example)
Winnipeg, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Lithographs II: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 15 August – 15 September 1972 (another example)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Lithographs I: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 01 – 30 September 1972 (another example)
New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Group Show, 16 September – 06 October 1972 (another example)
Stamford, UConn Stamford Art Gallery, University of Connecticut, NSCAD: The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Prints and Books, 09 October – 21 November 1982 (another example)
Providence, URI Providence Campus Gallery University of Rhode Island, NSCAD: The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Prints and Books, 07 December 1982 – 21 January 1983 (another example)
Amherst, University Galleries, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, NSCAD: The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Prints and Books, 04 February – 30 March 1983 (another example)
Burlington, Fleming Art Museum, University of Vermont, NSCAD: The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Prints and Books, 08 April – 06 June 1983 (another example)
Gorham, USM Art Galleries Gorham and Portland, University of Southern Maine, NSCAD: The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Prints and Books, Summer 1983 (another example)
Durham, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, NSCAD: The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Prints and Books, 13 September – 26 October 1983 (another example)
Orono, Lord Hall Gallery, University of Maine, NSCAD: The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Prints and Books, 08 November – 15 December 1983 (another example)
Halifax, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Eighty/Twenty: 100 years of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 05 November – 11 December 1988, no.192 (another example)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, First impressions: Early Prints by Forty-Six Contemporary Artists, 04 June – 10 September 1989, no.46 (another example)
Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Eighty/Twenty: 100 years of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 03 August – 24 September 1989, no.192 (another example)
Windsor, Ontario, Art Gallery of Windsor, Eighty/Twenty: 100 years of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 07 October – 26 November 1989, no.192 (another example)
Austin, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, First impressions: Early Prints by Forty-Six Contemporary Artists, 02 December 1989 – 21 January 1990, no.46, illustrated (another example)
Edmonton, Alberta, Edmonton Art Gallery, Eighty/Twenty: 100 years of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 20 January – 04 March 1990, no.192 (another example)
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, First impressions: Early Prints by Forty-Six Contemporary Artists, 25 February – 22 April 1990, no. 46, illustrated (another example)
Purchase, New York, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, First impressions: Early Prints by Forty-Six Contemporary Artists, 21 June – 16 September 1990, no.46, illustrated (another example)
Bronx, New York, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx Public Art: The Spotlight Series, 14 October – 16 December 2003 (another example)
Nantes, Musèe des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Vito Hannibal Acconci Studio, 15 July – 17 October 2004 (another example)
Barcelona, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Vito Hannibal Acconci Studio, 17 November 2004 – 20 February 2005 (another example)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Vito Hannibal Acconci Studio, April – May 2005 (another example)
Toronto, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980, 10 September – 28 November 2010 (another example)
Halifax, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980, 17 March – 08 May 2011 (another example)
Edmonton, Art Gallery of Alberta, Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980, 25 June – 25 September 2011 (another example)
Montreal, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980, 13 January – 28 April, 2012 (another example)
Halifax, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Skin: The Seduction of Surface, 19 May – 09 September 2012 (another example)
Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980, 09 September 2010 – 06 January 2013 (another example)
Knokke, Galerie Ronny Van De Velde, Conceptual Art, 02 August – 14 September 2014 (another example)
Halifax, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978, 16 January – 03 April 2016 (another example)
Lethbridge, Alberta, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978, 18 February 16 April 2017 (another example)
New York, Luxembourg & Dayan, Kiss Off, 23 February – 14 April 2018 (another example)
Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Museum, Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection, 23 August 2018 – 31 March 2019 (the museum’s example)
Literature:
Nesmer, Cindy. “An Interview with Vito Acconci” article in Arts Magazine, March 1971, p.20.
Staff. “Lithographs and other original prints,” article in Studio International: Journal of Modern Art, London, December, 1971, vol 182, no.893, no.6, illustrated (another example).
Ferguson, Gerald and Danielle Corbeil. Lithographs: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. 1971, Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, p.33, no.43, illustrated (another example)
Young, Dennis. Recent Vanguard Acquisitions. 1971, Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, p.22, no.31 (another example)
Matthias, Rosemary. “Galleries” article in Art Magazine, November, 1972, p.68.
Cameron, Eric. “NSCAD Prints,” article in Studio International; Journal of Modern Art, London, December 1972, vol.184, no.950, illustrated (another example)
Kennedy, Garry Neill with Kenneth Baker and Eric Cameron. NSCAD: The Nova Scotia College of Art & Design: Prints and Books, 1982, The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, p.20, also p.21, an archival photo of Acconci applying lipstick prior to creating the print; also p.28, no.13; also p.43, no.13, illustrated (another example)
Stacey, Robert and Liz Wylie. Eighty/Twenty: 100 years of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1988, Halifax, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, p.81, also Fig.34, an archival photo of Acconci applying lipstick prior to creating the print; also p.182, no.192.
Armstrong, Elizabeth. First impressions: Early Prints by Forty-Six Contemporary Artists. 1989, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, pp.72-73, illustrated (another example)
Bowman, Russell with Joseph Ruzicka et.al.. Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years of Printmaking. 1996, Milwaukee Art Museum, p.26, no.11, illustrated (another example)
Diserens, Corrine, et.al. Vito Hannibal Acconci Studio. 2004, Nantes, Musée des Beaus-Arts de Nantes with the Museum d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, p.444 (catalogue entry)
Volk, Gregory. Vito Acconci: Diary of a Body 1969-1973. 2006, Milan, Charta, p.241, illustrated (another example)
Arnold, Grant and Karen Henry, editors. Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980. 2012, Halifax, Art Gallery of Alberta, p.30, illustrated (another example); also p.34.
Kennedy, Garry Neill. The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978. 2012, Cambridge, MIT Press, p.51,also p.84, also p.106, no.3.52, illustrated (another example), also p.119, no.3.74, illustrated in an archival installation photo (also another example)
Ceuleers, Jan and Amy De Decker. Conceptual Art. 2014, Knokke, Galerie Ronny Van De Velde, p.18, illustrated (another example)
Staff. “Kiss Off at Luxembourg & Dayan,” article in NY Culture Beat, 09 January 2018, illustrated (another example)
Ferraioli, Mariacristina. “La mostra KISS OFF a cura di Francesco Bonami celebra il bacio nell’arte del Novecento. Le immagini,” article in Artribune, 16 January 2018, illustrated (another example)
Nastasi, Alison. “A Survey of the Kiss in 20th-Century Art,” article in Flavorwire, 26 January 2018, illustrated (another example)
Staff. ““Kiss Off” Exhibition,” article in NY Art Beat, February, 2018
Henri, Robert. “KISS OFF – LIPSTICK, LOVE AND POLITICS,” article in Happening, 14 February 2018, illustrated (another example)
Kordic, Angie. “Exploring Kissing in Artworks of the 20th Century” article in WIDEWALLS, 23 February 2018, illustrated (another example)
Jansen, Charlotte. “What’s in a kiss? Artists explore the expression of love in a new show,” article in Wallpaper*, March, 2018, illustrated (another example)
Yerebakan, Osman Can. “Warhol, Picabia, and Miró Embrace the Art of Kissing in a New Show: Renowned Italian curator Francesco Bonami showcases tongue-in-cheek works by Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Joan Miró, Marina Abramović, and more,” article in Galerie magazine, 05 March 2018, illustrated (another example)
Krall, L. Brandon. “About the Kiss,” article in Quiet Lunch, 08 March 2018, illustrated (another example)
Scott, Andrea K.. “Art to see this weekend,” article in The New Yorker, 23 March 2018.
Lee, Shannon. “Making History Contemporary: “Half the Picture” Curator on Presenting 100 Years of Art Through a Feminist Lens,” article in Artspace, 05 September 2018, illustrated (another example)
Collections:
The Brooklyn Museum, New York
Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, University Collection, Halifax
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
University of Lethbridge Art Collection, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada