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Exhibition History"Commitment, Community and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 24, 1998 - May 10, 1998

"Selected Cowles Family Gifts to the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 30 - Sept. 11, 1994

"Susan Rothenberg: Paintings and Drawings," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Nov. 14, 1992 - Jan. 3, 1993; (Circulated to: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, Feb. 10 - May 9, 1993; The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, May 27 - July 25, 1993; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Aug. 20 - Oct. 24, 1993; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Nov. 17, 1993 - Jan. 9, 1994; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, Jan. 30 - March 27, 1994)

"Centric 13: Susan Rothenberg," University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, Mar. 12 - Apr. 21, 1985; (Circulated to: Des Moines Art Center, June 21 - July 28, 1985)

"Beasties: Animal Imagery," Sioux City Art Center, Apr. 27 - July 1, 1984; (Circulated to: Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, July 15 - Sept. 9, 1984)

"Director's Choice," Thirty-four works of art purchased with the Director's Discretionary Fund, 1973-1982 - a gift to the Des Moines Art Center from the Gardner and Florence Call Cowles Foundation, Sept. 13 - Nov. 13, 1983
Published ReferencesMichael Auping, SUSAN ROTHENBERG: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, Rizzoli, New York, in association with Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1991, color ill. p.98

Joan Simon, SUSAN ROTHENBERG, Abrams, N. Y., 1991, b/w ill. p.68

Christianne Balk, DESIRING FLIGHT: POEMS, Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, IN, 1995, b/w cover ill.

"Centric 13: Susan Rothenberg," University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, 1985, exh. cat. no.6

DMAC News, Nov./Dec. 1992, p.3

AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.237, color ill. p.236

"Director's Choice," Des Moines Art Center, 1983, exh. cat. color ill.

ST. LOUIS ART MUSEUM MAGAZINE, May/June 1993, color cover ill., ill. p.2

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.186 & 187, color ill. pl.XXVI, p.122

"Beasties: Animal Imagery," Sioux City Art Center, 1984, exh. cat. ref. p.20, ill. p.W21
DimensionsFrame: 39 1/2 × 39 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (100.3 × 101.3 × 3.8 cm)
Sheet: 36 1/2 × 36 7/8 in. (92.7 × 93.7 cm)
Accession Number 1979.10
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightARS
ProvenanceArtist. (Willard Gallery Inc., New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1979]

Images (2)

Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Untitled
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1986
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1977
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1980
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1977
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1979
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1979
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1983
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1979
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1979
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1985
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1979
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1979