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    Artwork Survey: 2000s

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    • Desire
      1981
      Pine, red cedar, poplar, and Sitka spruce
      116 × 240 × 288 inches

      Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

      Collection of Panza di Buono, Varese, Italy
    • Plenty's Boast
      1994-1995
      Red cedar and pine
      68 × 83 × 118 inches

      Purchase: The Renee C. Crowell Trust

      The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

      Courtesy Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

    • In Sheep's Clothing
      1996
      Pine
      53 1/2 × 62 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches

      Des Moines Art Center, Iowa

      Courtesy Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

    • Ladder for Booker T. Washington
      Installation view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
      1996
      Ash and maple
      438 × 22 3/4 × 1 1/4 inches

      Photo by David Woo

      Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson, by exchange

      © David Woo

    • Untitled
      1997
      Painted red cedar and pine
      68 × 57 1/2 × 51 1/2 inches
      Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York

      Courtesy Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

    • Vessel
      1997-2002
      Pine, mesh and tar
      18 1/2 × 84 × 68 inches
      Collection of the artist

      Courtesy Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

    • The Nightmare
      2001-2002
      Red cedar, painted black
      53 3/4 × 74 5/8 × 51 inches
      Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

      Courtesy Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

    • Deadeye
      2002
      Pine
      58 × 68 × 13 inches
      Private collection

      Courtesy Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

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