The Legend Is In Trouble

The Legend Is In Trouble

2001

Trenton Doyle Hancock, The Legend is in Trouble, 2001. Mixed media on canvas
Purchase with funds from DAM Contemporaries and Lucile and Donald Graham by exchange, 2017.132
© Trenton Doyle Hancock. Image courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York

Artist
Trenton Doyle Hancock, United States
Born: Oklahoma City, OK
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions
height: 104 in, 264.16 cm; width: 120 1/2 in, 306.07 cm
Credit Line
Purchase with funds from DAM Contemporaries and Lucile and Donald Graham by exchange
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art
Accession Number
2017.132
Known Provenance
Private Collection, New York, NY James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY Denver Art Museum purchased from James Cohan Gallery in May 2017
Exhibition History
  • "The Legend Is In Trouble, James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2001
  • Texas Fine Arts Association at the Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX, 2001
  • "Moments in Mound History," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2004
  • "The Calendar's Tales: Fantasy, Figuration and Representation," Boston University 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, 2012
  • "Mound At Large: Trenton Doyle Hancock," Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN, 2014

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