Inv. n°: CL1036

Knees Together

Signed and dated on the front; signed on the back.

Unframed: h. 152.4 x w. 122.2 cm; framed: h. 157.1 x w. 127.4 x d. 5.3 cm

2003

Oil on canvas

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Provenance

  • Acquired at Alexander Gray Associates, New York, 2021

Publications

  • R. Meyer, "Not Me: Joan's Semmel's Body of Painting", Solitaire, Wexner Center for the Arts, New Haven, 2008, pp. 109-149
  • R. Meyer, "Camera Eye. Richard Meyer on the Art of Joan Semmel", Artforum, September 2013, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.artforum.com/print/201307/camera-eye-the-art-of-joan-semmel-42645
  • S. Silas, "On Sexual Paintings and Shifting Images: An Interview with Joan Semmel", Hyperallergic, 6th May 2015, [On-line]. Available at: https://hyperallergic.com/198526/on-sexual-paintings-and-shifting-images-an-interview-with-joan-semmel/
  • A. McNay, "Joan Semmel: In the Flesh", Elephant Magazine, Spring 2017
  • R. Liz and K. Soriano, Madam & Eve, Laurence King Publishing Ltd., London, 2018, pp. 64-65
  • L. Frescobaldi, "The Kingdom of Female Artists, in the Home of Christian Levett", Inside Florence, A Tale of Palazzi and Botteghe, Marsilio Arte, 2024
  • S. Baskind, "Figuring the Figurative: Women Artists at FAMM", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell and FAMM, May 2025, p. 97

Exhibitions

  • Through the Looking Glass: Women and Self-Representation in Contemporary Art, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvanie, USA
  • Solitaire: Lee Lozano, Sylvia Mangold Plimack, Joan Semmel, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, 21st June 2024 — 6th May 2026

© Joan Semmel / ADAGP, Paris

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