drawing;
collage
- Museum number
- 2006,0930.7
- Description
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Hanging Gardens of Rock City, 1970
Collage of magazine cuttings touched with green crayon, on a support of a greyish photograph of the New York skyline
- Production date
- 1970
- Dimensions
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Height: 470 millimetres
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Width: 600 millimetres (image area)
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- Curator's comments
- From a project of 1970, 'The Floating Gardens of Rock City', in which Lijn imagined a utopia of green walkways across the rooftops of Manhattan.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2007/8 Nov.-March, BM, Recent Acquisitions Part II, no cat.
2011 Nov-Dec, London, Sir John Soane's Museum, Museum Replica
2019-2020 Sep-Jan, London, BM, G90, Pushing Paper: Contemporary drawing from 1970 to now
2020 29 Feb - 17 Mar, Durham, Oriental Museum, Pushing Paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now
2020 19 Sep-23 Oct and 11-29 Nov, Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Pushing Paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now
2021-2022 2 Oct – 5 Feb, Barnsley, Cooper Gallery, Pushing paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now
2022 2 Apr-4 Jun, Stromness, Pier Arts Centre, Pushing paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now
- Acquisition date
- 2006
- Acquisition notes
- England & Co., London, 'Liliane Lijn: Selected Works 1959-1980', 6 May-3 June 2006, cat. no. 18
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2006,0930.7
