Stephen Prina : The Way He Always Wanted It

APRIL 18, 2009 - MAY 26, 2009

Stephen Prina : The Way He Always Wanted It
Opening Reception: April 18, 2009, 3-5 P.M.

In conjunction:
7 P.M., Sunday, 3 May, 2009
Harvard Film Archive
will screen Prina's two most recent films:
" THE WAY HE ALWAYS WANTED IT II " (2008, 35 mm, 27:19)
" VINYL II " (2000, 16 mm, 21:30)
Stephen Prina will be present to discuss the films
Harvard Film Archive,
24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
(617) 495-4700
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa


WORKS IN EXHIBITION

Installation viewStephen Prina
Installation view
Stephen Prina
Installation view
 Installation view
Blind No. 5, Fifteen-foot Ceiling or LowerStephen Prina
Blind No. 5, Fifteen-foot Ceiling or Lower, (Violet Oxide/Chromium Oxide Green/
Quinacridone Burnt Orange/Transparent

Pyrrole Orange),2009
Acrylic on linen, window-blind mechanism
Signed and dated on
accompanying certificate
Panel 1 and Panel 2:
180 x 81 3/4 inches
(457.2 x 207.7 cm),
maximum dimensions
Panel 3:
180 x 40 7/8 inches
(457.2 x 103.8 cm),
maximum dimensions
(Inventory #20844)


Stephen Prina
Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet,
216 of 556
Bal Masqué à l'Opéra et
Polichinelle I

(Masked Ball at the Opera with Punchinello)
1873
Mrs. Horace Havemeyer Collection, New York, April 4, 2009
Left panel: Ink wash on rag;
Framed size: 27 1/8 x 32 3/8 inches
Right panel: Offset lithography on paper;
Framed size: 29 5/8 x 36 3/8 inches
(Inventory #20824)


Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet
Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of ManetStephen Prina
Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet,
217 of 556
Bal Masqué à l'Opéra et
Polichinelle II

(Masked Ball at the Opera with Punchinello)
1873
Rene Lecomte Collection, Paris, April 4, 2009
Left panel: Ink wash on rag;
Framed size: 23 1/4 x 16 1/8 inches
Right panel: Offset lithography on paper;
Framed size: 29 5/8 x 36 3/8 inches
(Inventory #20825)


Stephen Prina
Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet,
218 of 556
Bal Masqué à l'Opéra et
Polichinelle III

(Masked Ball at the Opera with Punchinello)
1873
Durand Ruel, Paris, April 5, 2009
Left panel: Ink wash on rag;
Framed size: 24 3/8 x 17 3/8 inches
Right panel: Offset lithography on paper;
Framed size: 29 5/8 x 36 3/8 inches
(Inventory #20826)


Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet
Retrospection Under Duress, RepriseStephen Prina
Retrospection Under Duress, Reprise,
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004

Carpet
Signed on the bottom
59 x 56 3/8 inches
(149.9 x 143.2 cm)
Private Collection, Jamaica
Plain, Massachusetts
(Inventory #20841)


Stephen Prina
Untitled/Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet,
216 of 556
Bal Masqué à l'Opéra et
Polichinelle I

(Masked Ball at the Opera with Punchinello) 1873
Mrs. Horace Havemeyer Collection, New York
April 4, 2009
Cord and brass Escutcheon pins
Signed and dated on
accompanying certificate
Left panel: 27 1/4 x 32 3/8 inches
Right panel: 29 5/8 x 36 3/8 inches
(Inventory #20827)


Untitled/Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet
Untitled/Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of ManetStephen Prina
Untitled/Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet,
217 of 556
Bal Masqué à l'Opéra et
Polichinelle II

(Masked Ball at the Opera with Punchinello) 1873
Rene Lecomte Collection, Paris, April 4, 2009
Cord and brass Escutcheon pins
Signed and dated on
accompanying certificate
Left panel: 23 3/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Right panel: 29 5/8 x 36 3/8 inches
(Inventory #20828)


Stephen Prina
Untitled/Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet,
218 of 556
Bal Masqué à l'Opéra et
Polichinelle III

(Masked Ball at the Opera with Punchinello) 1873
Durand Ruel, Paris,
April 5, 2009
Cord and brass Escutcheon pins
Signed and dated on
accompanying certificate
Left panel: 24 1/2 x 17 3/8 inches
Right panel: 29 5/8 x 36 3/8 inches
(Inventory #20829)


Untitled/Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet
Blind No. 4, Fifteen-foot Ceiling or Lower (Jenkins Green/Sap Green Hue)Stephen Prina
Blind No. 4, Fifteen-foot Ceiling or Lower (Jenkins Green/Sap Green Hue), 2009
Acrylic on linen, window-blind mechanism

Signed and dated on
accompanying certificate
Panel 1 and Panel 2:
180 x 81 3/4 inches
(457.2 x 207.7 cm),
maximum dimensions
(Inventory #20843)


Stephen Prina
THE WAY HE ALWAYS WANTED IT V (Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2008),, 2009
Lightjet print

Edition 2/12
Signed and dated bottom right verso, numbered bottom center verso
40 1/2 x 30 3/4 inches
(102.9 x 78.1 cm)
(Inventory #20802)


THE WAY HE ALWAYS WANTED IT V (Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2008),



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Boston Globe Exhibition Review 06/13/2009
ARTFORUM Exhibition Review September 2009

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