Crosby Street Circle 113

1996

Gary Lang American, born 1950

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Title Crosby Street Circle 113

Artwork Date 1996

Artist Gary Lang

Life Dates born 1950

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions Overall: 113 inches (287 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Henry E. and Consuelo S. Wenger Foundation Fund, Maxwell and Marjorie Jospey Fund, Friends of Modern Art Fund, Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture Fund, with funds from Gilbert and Lila Silverman, David and Marion Handleman, Jerome Halperin and Helen Zuckerman, in honor of Samuel Sachs II

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1996.35

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Signed Signed, verso: Gary Lang

Inscriptions Inscribed, titled, dated verso: Crosby Street Circle | NYC | 1996

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Brian Gross Fine Art, Inc. (San Francisco, California, USA)

1996-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Koplos, Janet. "Gary Lang at Crosby Street Project." Art in America (September 1996): 108-109.

Smith, Roberta. "Gary Lang 'Hague Project.'" Art in Review, the New York Times, February 9, 1996.

Mahoney, Robert. "Gary Lang, 'The Hague Project.'" Time Out Magazine, March 1996, ill.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Gary Lang, Crosby Street Circle 113, 1996, acrylic on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Henry E. and Consuelo S. Wenger Foundation Fund, Maxwell and Marjorie Jospey Fund, et al., 1996.35.