Installation view, Jennifer Bartlett, Paula Cooper Gallery, 155 Wooster Street, New York, January 6 - 31, 1990. © Jennifer Bartlett. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, and The Jennifer Bartlett 2013 Trust. Photo: Andrew Moore.

Installation view, Jennifer Bartlett, Paula Cooper Gallery, 155 Wooster Street, New York, January 6 - 31, 1990. © Jennifer Bartlett. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, and The Jennifer Bartlett 2013 Trust. Photo: Andrew Moore.

Installation view, Jennifer Bartlett, Paula Cooper Gallery, 155 Wooster Street, New York, January 6 - 31, 1990. © Jennifer Bartlett. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, and The Jennifer Bartlett 2013 Trust. Photo: Andrew Moore.

Installation view, Jennifer Bartlett, Paula Cooper Gallery, 155 Wooster Street, New York, January 6 - 31, 1990. © Jennifer Bartlett. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, and The Jennifer Bartlett 2013 Trust. Photo: Andrew Moore.

Jennifer Bartlett
"Long and Sluggish Lines" 1989
Oil on nine canvas
12" x 12" each
39" x 39" overall

Jennifer Bartlett
"Botanist on Alp" 1989
Oil on nine canvases
9" x 9" each
30" x 30" overall

Jennifer Bartlett
"Lot of People Bathing in a Stream" 1989
Oil on nine canvases
18" x 18" each
57" x 57" overall

Jennifer Bartlett
"Locusts: Repetitions of a Young Captain" 1989
Painting: oil on canvas
72" x 72"
Sculpture: break formed and welded cold rolled steel and painted wood
Cone: 42" x 23" diameter
Table: 8 1/8" x 7 3/4" x 6 3/4"

Jennifer Bartlett
"Waterlilies: Crude Foyer" 1989
Painting: Oil on canvas
72" x 72"
Sculpture: Painted wood and break formed and welded hot rolled steel
32 1/4" x 35" x 30 1/2"

Jennifer Bartlett
"Fish and Bread: Description without Place" 1989
Painting: oil on canvas
108" x 216"
Cylinders: welded and rolled steel
1 with 3" diameter hole inside
28" x 14" diameter each
Rings: welded and rolled steel
2" diameter pipe rolled to 20" outside diameter
Grids: welded and rolled steel
5/8" x 7" x 7"
5/8" x 9" x 9"

Jennifer Bartlett
"The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm" 1989
Painting: Oil on nine canvases
36" x 36" each
111" x 111" overall
Cylinders: 1/2" gauge steel pipe
1 with 5 holes
20" x 8 5/8" diameter each

Jennifer Bartlett
"Beaver: Man Carrying Thing" 1989
Painting: Oil on canvas
108" x 108"
Grids: Welded and rolled steel
5/8" x 9 1/2" x 17 1/2"
Rings: Welded and rolled steel stacked
7" x 26" diameter

Jennifer Bartlett
"Spiral: An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" 1989
Painting: Oil on canvas
108" x 192"
Tables: Painted wood
30 1/2" x 32" x 35"
painted wood steel base
39 1/2" x 41" x 35"
Cones: Break formed hot rolled welded steel
20" x 30 1/4" x 21"
22" x 42 1/2" x 23"

Jennifer Bartlett
"Large Red Man Reading" 1989
Paintings: Oil on nine canvases
66" x 66" overall
Grids: stacked welded woven steel mesh
1 3/4" x 14" x 14"