<strong>Charles</strong> <strong>Simonds</strong> Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago November 7, 1981-January 3, 1982 This exhibition has been supported by the Museum's Contemporary Art Circle and by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Exhibition Tour Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago November 7, I98I-]anuary 3, I982 Los Angeles County Museum of Art January 28-March 2I, I982 Fort Worth Art Museum April I3-May 30, I982 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston June 2I-August IS, I982 Photography Credits Rudolph Burckhardt: Cover ill.; Pis. I2·J4, I8, 20, 26, 32, 33, 3S-39, 42-46. Linda Cathcart: Pl. IO. Tom Crane: Pl. 40. eeva-inkeri: Pls. IS, I6. Jacques Faujour: Fig. 3i Pls. 8, 9, n. Gu Yang: Fig. 2. Kunsthaus Zurich: Pl. I I. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen: Fig. I. Nathanson: Pl. 3· <strong>Charles</strong> <strong>Simonds</strong>: Pis. I, 4-7, 2I, 22, 24, 2S, 27-31. Stedelijk Museum: Pl. 23. David Troy: Pl. 2. Tom Van Eynde: Pls. I9, 34, 41. © I98I Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 23 7 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 6o6 I I All rights reserved. © I98I Daniel Abadie for his essay, "<strong>Simonds</strong>: Life Built to Dream Dimensions." All rights reserved. Library of Congress <strong>Catalog</strong>ing in Publication Data Main entry under title: <strong>Charles</strong> <strong>Simonds</strong>: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, November 7, I98I-]anuary 3, I982. I. <strong>Simonds</strong>, <strong>Charles</strong>-Exhibitions. I. <strong>Simonds</strong>, <strong>Charles</strong>. II. Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.) N6s37.SssA4 I98I ISBN o-9338s6-09-I 8I-I689I AACR2 Designed by Michael Glass Design, Chicago, Illinois. Typeset in Trump by Dumar Typesetting, Inc., Dayton, Ohio. 3,ooo copies were printed on Warren Lustra Offset Enamel by Eastern Press, New Haven, Connecticut. Cover illustration: Picaresque Landscape, I976, detail. Installation at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Collection of the artist. 6
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