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Soma
Ellen Gallagher (American, b. 1965)
Title
Soma
Artist
Ellen Gallagher (American, b. 1965)
Date
1998
Medium
oil, pencil, and paper on canvas
Dimensions
96 × 72 in. (243.8 × 182.9 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
The Phillip G. Schrager Collection. Gift of Terri L. Schrager
Object Number
2024.15.5
On View
On view
Copyright
© Ellen Gallagher
Provenance
Purchased from Contemporary Art Part I, Sotheby's, New York, lot 9, May 15, 2001.
With James Cohan Gallery, New York, by 2004;
Purchased from James Cohan Gallery, New York, by Mr. Phillip G. Schrager (1937–2010), Omaha, Nebraska, May 13, 2004–2010;
Inherited by his wife, Mrs. Terri L. Schrager (b. 1953), Omaha, Nebraska, by 2016;
Her gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 2024.
Exhibition History
Published References
Franklin Sirmans, “Ellen Gallagher,” Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art, Issue 8 (Spring/Summer 1998): 67.
Gregory Tate, Ellen Gallagher, exh. cat. (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998).
“Lot 9: Ellen Gallagher,” in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Part I, published in conjunction with the auction in New York, May 15, 2001 (New York: Sotheby’s, 2001).
Dorothy S. Gelatt, “$125 Million Contemporary Art Sales Nearly Match Last Fall’s,” Maine Antique Digest, http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/articles/ctmp0801.htm.
Karin Campbell, The Phillip G. Schrager Collection at the Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2024), 54–55, 141, (repro.).