Petah Coyne b. 1953
Untitled #1375 (No Reason Except Love: Portrait of a Marriage), 2011-12
Specially-formulated wax, pigment, silk flowers, taxidermy, chandelier, candles, ribbons, black sand from pig iron casting, resin, paint, black pearl-headed hat pins, chicken-wire fencing, wire, cable, cable nuts, quick-link shackles, jaw-to-jaw swivel, silk/rayon velvet, 3/8" Grade 30 proof coil chain, Velcro, thread, plastic
81 x 71 x 66 1/2 inches (205.7 x 180.3 x 168.9 cm)
© Petah Coyne, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Exhibitions
The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., October 31, 2014 - February 22, 2015.Petah Coyne: How Much A Heart Can Hold, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September 9 – December 23, 2024; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Harrison, New York, February – June, 2025; Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, September – March, 2025.