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Big Trouble
Peter Halley (American, b. 1953)

Title

Big Trouble

Artist

Peter Halley (American, b. 1953)

Date

2002

Medium

acrylic paint, pearlescent and metallic acrylic, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas

Dimensions

114 × 92 in. (289.6 × 233.7 cm)

Classification

Painting

Credit Line

The Phillip G. Schrager Collection. Promised gift of Terri L. Schrager

Object Number

L-2021.3.12

On View

On view

Copyright

© Peter Halley

Provenance

With Mary Boone Gallery, New York, 2002;
Purchased from Mary Boone Gallery, New York, by Mr. Phillip G. Schrager (1937–2010), Omaha, Nebraska, May 1, 2002–2010;
Inherited by his wife, Mrs. Terri L. Schrager (b. 1953), Omaha, Nebraska, by 2016;
Her promised gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.

Exhibition History

Peter Halley, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, May 4–June 22, 2002.

Published References

Corey Ross, “Schrager's Masterpiece,” One Magazine, October 2013, 22, (repro.).

Karin Campbell, The Phillip G. Schrager Collection at the Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2024), 60–61, 141, (repro.).