The Spence Collection

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Timeline

Artworks acquired in 2006

Psychoanalytic Filiations
1993, Ernst Falzeder

Artworks acquired in 2005

IMAGE MISSING
2005, Luciano Perna

Artworks acquired in 2004

The Best of All Possible Worlds
1997, Allen Ruppersberg

Artworks acquired in 2003

Antwerp-Brussels (People and Time)
1969, David Lamelas

Dante's Inferno
2003, Sandow Birk

Untitled (Black with long rectangle)
2002, Habib Kheradyar Zamani

Artworks acquired in 2002

Two Tongues
2002, Charles LaBelle

Seven Ply Mountains
2002, Carmine Iannaccone

Mummies Moving to the Right
2001, Jay-Gould Stuckey

Airplanes Flying Overhead
2001, Jay-Gould Stuckey

The Star
2001, Anne Chao

The Star (maquettes)
2002, Anne Chao

Disappearer - Shirt that passed through my body
2000, Charles LaBelle

Artworks acquired in 2001

photo from Irvine Series
2001, Ewerdt Hilgemann

Hello Kitty Drawing #1
2001, Jaime Scholnick

Untitled
2001, Adrienne Cohen

Untitled (Titanium White)
1997, Daniel Aksten

Artworks acquired in 2000

Metal Saber
1999, Saber -

Feed It (?)
2000, Mark Heresy

Excellent
1999, Antonio Gomez-Bueno

Disappearer-Bldngs Entered #107 Movies & More
2000, Charles LaBelle

Disappearer-Bldngs Entered #108 Dairy Queen
2000, Charles LaBelle

Disappearer-Bldngs Entered #109 Express Photo
2000, Charles LaBelle

Stored Material
2000, David Bunn

Unamerican Activities
2000, Scott Grieger

Third Eye
2000, Jeanne Patterson

The Media Miracle
1999, Kevin Ancell

Artworks acquired in 1999

The Secret
1999, Mike Kelley

For Herman: 'random sculptures'
1980, Ewerdt Hilgemann

Missing
1992, Chris Wilder

River
1999, Saber -

81 Objects
1992, Don Suggs

The Tree of Life
1997, Marnie Weber

Decision Piece(?)
1999, Sophie Calle

Artworks acquired in 1998

Banner
Antonio Gomez-Bueno

Pierced Red Square
1998, Suzanne Williams

Behind Me (#1)
1995, Caryl Davis

Behind Me (#4)
1995, Caryl Davis

Untitled Family portrait
1990, Jill Poyourow

Squares Masquerading as Artists
1997, Scott Grieger

Año Loco XIV92 Por Dios y Oro
1992, Chaz Bojorquez

Hale-Bopp After Perihelion 1997
1998, Russell Crotty

After the Battle of the Rose Bowl
1998, Sandow Birk

CalArts Portraits
1993, Ruben Ortiz-Torres

Mrkr.
1998, Darcy Huebler

Reinforcements Arriving Too Late
1998, Sandow Birk

L. A. River
1998, Eduardo Sarabia

Lilith
1997, Myron Dyal

Cat Underground
1998, Marcel Dzama

Mother w/ child
1991, Jill Poyourow

Past Pants (#15)
1993, Caryl Davis

Past Pants (#17)
1993, Caryl Davis

UFO photos
1997, Chris Wilder

Greeting the Wise One
1997, Marnie Weber

The Wise One
1997, Marnie Weber

Alien Fetus
1998, Mike Gonzalez

Big Girl (Satin Doll)
1997, Corey Stein

Underdog
1997, Chris Wilder

Artworks acquired in 1997

Dead Old Men and Dead Fish in the Land of the Rising Sun
1991, Chris Wilder

Fabricated UFO Sighting at Monte Carlo with the Jewels from Hong Kong (In Your Dreams)
1991, Chris Wilder

Flying High in the Sky with Peyote in your Eye (Crest)
1991, Chris Wilder

Artworks acquired in 1996

333
1996, Mear -

There's a Hole in the Bucket
1996, Corey Stein

Artworks acquired in 1995

The Worst Years of My Life
1996, Meg Cranston

Unable to Proceed
1978, Gifford Myers

A - B
1971, Allen Ruppersberg

Book Review
1973, Allen Ruppersberg

Abled/Disabled
1994, Corey Stein

"Sorry, We're Closed"
1995, Scott Grieger

Will The Lake Remember He Who Is Reflected On It?
1989, John Boskovich

The Villain
1995, Anthony Ausgang

Hollywood Babylon (?)
1995, Mear -

City of the Orators / A city attains /retains its name
1993, Maria Nordman

Dreams: Chris Wilder's Mom...
1993, Jim Shaw

Jupiter #120
1994, Russell Crotty

Necktie
Sophie Calle

Nose #1
Kymber Holt

Groom Lake
1995, Chris Wilder

Stacked (2 pcs.)
Elizabeth Pulsinelli

Artworks acquired in 1994

Fountains
1994, Brian Smith

Two Girls with Fawn (Triptych)
1994, Brian Smith

Sketchbook #
Russell Crotty

The Battle of SK8 at Zero One
1993, Chaz Bojorquez

Narcissus
1994, Martin Mull

Seascape
1994, Antonio Gomez-Bueno

Family Portrait
1993, Holly Wilder

Termites Stink
Ed (Big Daddy) Roth

"Zoetrope"
1985, Allen Ruppersberg

"International Bed & Breakfast"
1991, Paul Kos

333 From Grand
1994, Stuart Spence

Artworks acquired in 1993

Missing
1992, Chris Wilder

House Project: Meg Cranston Fax
1993, Marylin Negro

"Unknown, Unwanted, Unconscious, Untitled"
1993, George Stone

Cub Scout Swastika
1992, Mark Heresy

Ernestine and the Venus of Polyethylene
1968, Robert Williams

Drawing (of miners for Oscar Wilde in Leadville)
1990, Robert Williams

Artworks acquired in 1992

La Frontera
1991, Craig Stecyk

Sketchbook: 92 New Age Wave Trolls
1992, Russell Crotty

Gates of Hell
1992, Sandow Birk & Steve Rivers

Artworks acquired in 1991

Loose Dogs Will Bite
1988, Richard Roehl

Mapplethorpe [Viewer Discretion Advised]
1991, John Galt

Plus/Minus
1991, Jan van Munster

Makiki Mako Diablo
1991, Lynn Coleman

Cram Dingle as George Washington
1991, Kim Dingle

Poster: Autobiographical Study (Dutch Portrait)
Sophie Calle

Remainders
1991, Allen Ruppersberg

The Tagger and The Sphinx (Homage to Chaka)
1991, Sandow Birk

Untitled (Jesus + I)
1990, Larry Johnson

"What I would make were I a dung beetle but, I'm not"
1991, Chris Wilder

Landscape
1986, John Baldessari

Palm Springs Weekend
1991, Lynn Coleman

Surfin Safari
1991, Lynn Coleman

Illustrations Vol II
1991, Allen Ruppersberg

The Troll Rips
1991, Russell Crotty

"Greetings"
1991, Erika Rothenberg

Money Brush
1991, Richard Roehl

Surfboard Bouquet
1991, Richard Roehl

Curse of the Chumash
Chris Wilder

North Swell (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
1990, Sandow Birk

Spence Residence, South Pasadena
1991, Bart Prince

Psychiatrist's office
Jean Bastarache

Father
1991, Mark Heresy

Artworks acquired in 1990

Eulogy for a Circular Saw Blade
1990, Corey Stein

Gusano Rojo
1990, Lynn Coleman

Pueblo Geisha at the Crossroads
1991, Lynn Coleman

Hollywood Revenge
1990, Sandow Birk

Segmented Worm Head
1990, Chris Wilder

The Forest
1990, Jim Shaw

Flag Series:Coke and Pepsi Never Had it Never Will
1987, Mark Heresy

C.3.3.
1980, Raymond Gid

Swans of Bel Air Creek
Corey Stein

"Gumby, Sense of Form..."
1990, Raymond Pettibon

Oscar Wilde in Leadville April 13th 1882
1991, Robert Williams

There's No Better Country on Earth
1989, Erika Rothenberg

Napoleon
1989, Meg Cranston

Self-Portrait (Shipwreck)
1989, John Boskovich

Postcards
1985, Horia Boboia

Kyoto Truckee Meadows Triptych
Lynn Coleman

Solved Problem #77
1987, Jon Tower

The Balancing Act
1987, Corey Stein

Flag Series: All Men Are Created Equal
1987, Mark Heresy

Flag Series: American Landscape
1987, Mark Heresy

Flag Series: Freedom of the Press [viewer discretion advised]
1989, Mark Heresy

Flag Series: No Man's Land
1989, Mark Heresy

Flag Series: U.$.A.
1989, Mark Heresy

USA #1: G.I. Joe Crucifixion
Mark Heresy

1 of 3 Poster OBJECTSs: Why..fail
1998, Allen Ruppersberg

Untitled (Jean-Luc Godard)
Allen Ruppersberg

Inheritance: Bugs Bunny Comic
Allen Ruppersberg

Quest for Perfection
1990, Russell Crotty

Variable Piece #510 / Tower of London Series
1990, Douglas Huebler

Towards a New Permanence
1988, Lee Kaplan

Artworks acquired in 1989

Himalayan Expedition
1989, Chris Wilder

Self-Portrait [(King Theodore)]
1987, John Boskovich

Autobiographical Stories: Dutch Portrait
1988, Sophie Calle

The Shadow
1981, Sophie Calle

Devotion of Forty Hours
Paul Beauchamin

Self-Portrait [(Ana Mendieta)]
1989, John Boskovich

Sanity Bandits
Robert Williams

Footprints of Narcissus
1988, Jim Shaw

The Soft Margarine
1988, Jim Shaw

Photo of The Soft Margarine
1988, Jim Shaw

What Bitter Irony
1988, Jim Shaw

You Break It You Bought It!
1988, Jim Shaw

Meditation Object
1988, Jim Shaw

"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman"
1988, John Baldessari

I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold & I Ate It
1988, Dave Rushing

Battleships and Boys
1989, Craig Roper

Farmer Boy Leisure Suit
1989, Craig Roper

Can You Help This Artist?
1989, Mark Heresy

Aligned Trumpeteering
1988, John Baldessari

"Public Domain #2, Third & Broadway 1917-1988"
Sarah Tamor

Jesus' Life As a Boy
1986, Jim Shaw

"Billys Self-Portrait, #1 (Famous Monsters cover)"
1986, Jim Shaw

Tree Of Knowledge
1988, Jim Shaw

El Vato Loco
1985, Chaz Bojorquez

Untitled (Still from 'The Andersons')
Jim Shaw

Are You Experienced?
1989, Richard Lee

Frankenstein
1989, Mike Kelley

Christ in Dali Vision
1988, Jim Shaw

Calavera
1989, Craig Stecyk

La Ballona Mallard
1989, Craig Stecyk

My Mirage
1986, Jim Shaw

Queen of Angels
Theresa Pendlebury

Artists Hands: Baldessari
1985, Rena Small

Artists Hands: Huebler
1985, Rena Small

Resurrection Easter Egg
1989, Jeffrey Vallance

Artists Hands: Carl Andre'
1985, Rena Small

Artists Hands: Christo
1985, Rena Small

Key Rack
1988, Chris Wilder

"The Blind" English Version complete
1986, Sophie Calle

Calendar Print
1989, Allen Ruppersberg

Calendar Print
1989, Allen Ruppersberg

Arte Povera
1989, Luciano Perna

Captain Cook
1989, Craig Stecyk

Northwest Passage (Clock)
1989, Craig Stecyk

Artworks acquired in 1988

"Frida, Tu y Yo"
1988, Barbara Carrasco

Inconsolable
1988, Meg Cranston

Cure Yourself of Racism
1987, Erika Rothenberg

Speed Racer
1988, Chris Wilder

The Dog Ate My Homework [lost]
1986, Jim Shaw

Untitled
1988, Jim Shaw

The Dog Ate My Homework
1986, Jim Shaw

UFO Sighting
1988, Chris Wilder

Untitled (Jackson)
1988, Thaddeus Strode

"The Blind", English Version (#1 The Sea);
1986, Sophie Calle

"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman"
1988, John Baldessari

Artist's Current Listing
1987, John Boskovich

Them
1986, Louise Lawler

Pornography/Murder/Shopping
1988, Erika Rothenberg

Untitled [rope & bedsheet]
1987, Meg Cranston

1 of 3 Poster OBJECTs: up/down
, Allen Ruppersberg

1 of 3 Poster OBJECTs: true/false
, Allen Ruppersberg

Los Angeles to Del Mar
1988, Kim Abeles

Circle of Deceit
George Stone

Calavera Posters (4 pcs)
1988, Craig Stecyk

Bricks (by Luciano da Napoli)
1988, Luciano Perna

Ink Drawing with Poetry
1988, Kim Abeles

Matchbox Flag
Erika Rothenberg

Artworks acquired in 1987

Thou Still Unravish'd Bride of Quietness
1987, John Boskovich

Secret Penis Package #25
Erika Rothenberg

Dogs Eating Scene
1981, Jeffrey Vallance

Fish Tale
1978, Craig Stecyk

Critical Insight
1987, David French

Only the Appearance of Deliverance
1987, David French

"The Request, The Offering, The Theft"
1987, Kim Abeles

Stargazer I
1986, Rena Small

Stargazer II
1986, Rena Small

The Marionette
1989, Annette Bird

Untitled (Grief is Devastating)
1985, Larry Johnson

Diamonds are Forever
1981, Chris Burden

Napoleon d'Or
1981, Chris Burden

Art Vouchers from Margo Leavin Gallery (20 pcs)
1987, Louise Lawler

Hezbollah
1986, Lee Kaplan

In Fear and Favor of Ritual in Post-Modern Society
1983, George Stone

Demuth Dreams Roentgen
1985, Lee Kaplan

Kachina #1532 Ogre Mother
1986, Glen Fred

"Kachina, #2312 Owl"
1986, Glen Fred

An Illustration for the Novel that Writes Itself
1983, Allen Ruppersberg

Portrait of the Artist and His Mother
1986, John Boskovich

Photo of Bill Viola's St. John of the Cross installation
Kira Perov

Photo of Bill Viola's Theater of Memory installation
Kira Perov

Photo of Bill Viola's Theater of Memory installation (with Bill)
Kira Perov

cards from Bernadette installation (2)
1987, Kim Abeles

Artworks acquired in 1986

Two Men with Alphabets
1984, John Baldessari

Interiors/The Gift
1987, Annette Bird

Tissue Box from Right to Life Boutique
Erika Rothenberg

Ties
1974, Bruce Yonemoto

5 Scenes From a Film
1986, Michael McMillen

News From Nowhere (The Mystery of Faith)
1986, Allen Ruppersberg

The Chair
?198, Rena Small

The Stolen Meridians
1986, Kim Abeles

Artist with Swords and Brushes
1984, John Baldessari

Artworks acquired in 1985

Book: Observatory Piece
1985, Kim Abeles

Still Life With Carp
Jo Ann Callis

Variable Piece #506 / Tower of London Series
1975, Douglas Huebler

Crocodile Tears: The Great Corrector
1984, Douglas Huebler

Family Melodrama
1985, Allen Ruppersberg

The Last Home of Leon Trotsky
1984, Kim Abeles

Illuminated Manuscript 1985
1985, Kim Abeles

Poster (Middelburg) showing Minneapolis Billb/d
1985, John Baldessari

Corrected Stonehenge
1984, John Baldessari

Poster: Drawn from Life by A. Ruppersberg
, Allen Ruppersberg

Poster: Translated by A. Ruppersberg
, Allen Ruppersberg

Poster: Watch Out! over Circus scene
, Allen Ruppersberg

The Last of Everything
1985, Allen Ruppersberg

Kachina Transform
Sheila Pinkl

Artworks acquired in 1984

"SUMOON, MOOSUN, NEW MOON, NO MOON"
1984, Kim Abeles

A Problem with Maintenence
1983, Kim Abeles

Bronze
1976, Annette Bird

Poster: Corrected Stonehenge
1984, John Baldessari

Sahara Motel
1984, Annette Bird

Rock Slide
1979, Annette Bird

Artworks acquired in 1983

I Should Have Known This Is How I Would Get Off the Road
Larry Stark

Invite
1983, Stuart Spence

Tiny Controversial Specimen
1984, Kim Abeles

The Picture of Dorian Gray
1974, Allen Ruppersberg

Artworks acquired in 1982

Drawn From Life
1981, Allen Ruppersberg

Drawn From Life Too
1981, Allen Ruppersberg

Unusual Dog
1982, William Wegman

Olympic Posters
1982, John Baldessari

Artworks acquired in 1981

New Grange
Unli, John Middleton

Poster: Hope (sgd)
1981, John Baldessari

Do Not Touch Works of Art
, Gifford Myers

Artworks acquired in 1980

Secret Legends
1985, Annette Bird

Chandlerisms ('The torn blouse...')
1978, Alexis Smith

Artworks acquired in 1979

On Possession and Sexual Loss; an Objective Correlative
1979, Allen Ruppersberg

Al's Cafe Revisited (Menu)
Allen Ruppersberg

Artworks acquired in 1978

"A Novel That Writes Itself (S, and J major chrs)"
1978, Allen Ruppersberg

'Raw Prints'
1976, John Baldessari

Akebono wa
1978, Bansui Fuji

Artworks acquired in 1977

Pathetic Fallacy Series: Injured Yellow
1975, John Baldessari

Pathetic Fallacy Series: Stoic Peach
1975, John Baldessari

The Dig
1977, Bruce Metro

Artworks acquired in 1976

333 Grand Avenue
1976, T.E. Spence

Artworks acquired in 1975

Between the Scenes
1973, Allen Ruppersberg

I will not make any more boring art
1971, John Baldessari

Lunar Tides
Laurie Brown

Isle of Los Angeles
L.A. Fine Art Squad

Artworks acquired in 1974

Going into John Snakeskin's House
Allen Sapp

Choosing Green Beans
1972, John Baldessari

Artworks acquired in 1973

Card
1973, Stuart Spence

Painting For Kubler, 1966-8
1966, John Baldessari

Sketch in Leering Catalog
&quo, Ad Dekkers

Beginning of the equal division of a double square
1972, Ad Dekkers

Division in 3 Parts by 2 Deepening Saw-Cuts
1973, Ad Dekkers

Artworks acquired in 1972

Grillage (3 degrees)
1972, Francois Morellet

Sphere
1964, Francois Morellet

Black and White Pyramids
Unli, Ellsworth Kelly

Winter Sun
1970, John Middleton

Ingres and Other Parables (book)
1971, John Baldessari

Artworks acquired in 1971

Cornfield (?DunVarren)
Colin Middleton, RHA

"(?)Carnalaridge, Portrush"
1960, Colin Middleton, RHA

Untitled (Stamp piece)
1971, Colin Middleton, RHA

Watercolor Landscape
1965, Colin Middleton, RHA

Lough Gill Sligo (min.)
1971, Colin Middleton, RHA

Watercolors: Birdman:Nendrum
1962, Colin Middleton, RHA

Artworks acquired in 1970

Archaic Figure
1958, Colin Middleton, RHA

Portrait of John Churchill
B. Arlaud

Portraitof a Lady
Jeremiah Meyer

Head of Kathleen Spence
Carolyn Mulholland

"Rocks, Rechenaugh,Co.Donegal"
Colin Middleton, RHA

Kate & Bird I (ink & wash)
1970, Colin Middleton, RHA

Woman with bird (? and setting sun)
1970, Colin Middleton, RHA

Kate & Bird II (ink & wash)
1970, Colin Middleton, RHA

Woman with bird (? and window)
1970, Colin Middleton, RHA

"One of Pair of Landscapes, Brown"
1969, Colin Middleton, RHA

"Second of Pair of Landscapes, Brown"
1969, Colin Middleton, RHA

Early Morning Boa Islands
1967, Colin Middleton, RHA

Autumn: Boa Island (1 of small pair)
1969, Colin Middleton, RHA

Gate (watercolor)
1965, Colin Middleton, RHA

Nendrum
1962, Colin Middleton, RHA

One of Pair of Blue Landscapes
1970, Colin Middleton, RHA

Second of Pair of Blue Landscapes
1970, Colin Middleton, RHA

Seeds:Nendrum
1962, Colin Middleton, RHA

"Willows, Castle Archdale (1 of small pair)
1969, Colin Middleton, RHA

Woman with loose dress & hat
1970, Colin Middleton, RHA

Artworks acquired in 1965

Mingus at The Jazz Workshop 1965
1965, Stuart Spence

Artworks acquired in 1960

Sketches of figures (5 pcs)
1960, Joanna Tod

Artworks acquired in

Untitled
Connie Zehr

Untitled
1969, T.E. Spence

Face Drawing
Jim Shaw

ColorCross19oy
unknown

Ancient Japanese Grave
unknown

CheckerShadow
unknown

RotatingSnake
unknown