Zoe Leonard
Untitled
1998
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Zoe Leonard
Untitled
1998
Physical Qualities
Banana, orange, and grapefruit skins, thread, and needle, Dimensions variable
Base (custom shelf - from VMFA diagram): 3 1/2 × 85 × 7 in. (8.9 × 215.9 × 17.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Katherine Hardiman, Baltimore
Object Number
2000.154
Banana 1 with label and yellow thread, 6-1/4 in. long; Banana 2 with white thread, 6-7/8 in. long; Banana 3 with gold and sienna thread, 7-1/4 in. long; Grapefruit with yellow thread, 3-1/2 in. diameter; Orange 1 with label and white thread with attached sewing needle, 2-1/4 in. diameter; Orange 2 with label and orange thread, 2-5/8 in. long; Orange 3 with white thread and remains of stem (brown and tan mold growing on it), 3 in. diameter.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2000; Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
John B. Ravenal, "Vanitas: Meditations on Life and Death in Contemporary Art," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, April-May 2000.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New on View," June 19-Oct. 6, 2002.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New on View," June 19-Oct. 6, 2002.
"Mortality Immortality: The Legacy of 20th Century Art," Strange Fruit, Ann Temkin, The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles
Martha Buskirk, "Planning for Impermanence," "Art in America," April, 2000 'Some Strange Doings at the Museum of Art,' "Philadelphia Inquirer," Saturday, March 28, 1998
Zoe Leonard, "Strange Fruit," NY: Paula Cooper Gallery, 1995, nos. 11 and 13
Inscribed: Banana 1: "Eco [ce]rtified Organic / Ecuador / #94011"; Orange 1: "Valencia / Sunkist / #3108M" [detached, in object file]; "Orange 2: Navel / Sunkist / #4012"
