Coo Wha Zee

John Chamberlain American, 1927-2011
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Coo Wha Zee

1962

John Chamberlain

1927-2011

American

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Painted steel

Overall: 72 × 60 × 50 inches (182.9 × 152.4 × 127 cm)

Sculpture

Contemporary Art after 1950

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Brooks Barron

65.76

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1965-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Roberts, Colette. "Lettre de New York." Aujourd'hui 7, 39 (November 1962): p. 50 [incorrectly identified as "Baby Jane, 1962."]

Sculpture in the Open Air. Exh. cat., Battersea Park, London, England. New Yok, 1963, no. 11 (ill.).

Cummings, Frederick J. and Charles H. Elam, eds. The Detroit Institute of Arts Illustrated Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 185 (ill.).

John Chamberlain: A Retrospective Exhibition. Exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, 1971, p. 57, no. 45 (ill.).

Sylvester, Julie. John Chamberlain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Sculpture 1954-1985. New York, 1986, pp. 66-67.

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John Chamberlain, Coo Wha Zee, 1962, painted steel . Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Brooks Barron, 65.76.

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