1990.182, Bozzi, Scene of Three Murders | DMA Staging Content Management System

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This painting is from a group of on-site works of the same location, executed at the same time of day, sunset, over the period of one year. Together, they function as a set of mug shots of the place where victims of three unrelated murders were found the previous year. The artist recalls, "one evening, as I was painting in my car, a crowd of spectators began to gather along the levee across the road. With toddlers perched on their shoulders and small children jumping at their sides, parents elbowed for an unobstructed view of officials pulling the waterlogged body of a man, victim #4, from the Trinity River."

Adapted from

Julie Bozzi, "Scene of Three Murders," 1992.

NOTES

Text comes from a statement which Bozzi sent to the museum after the painting was acquired. Located in TMS remarks, and several copies are in object file. Also in object file is Bozzi's letter to Annegreth Nill, DMA curator, referencing this statement. CLC, 8/2/18

Catalogue essays

Barrett Collection of Contemporary Texas Art

Artist/designers

Bozzi_Julie: ULAN: 500334782

Cultures

Geography

Fort Worth (Texas/United States): TGN: 7013934

Texas (state/United States): TGN: 7007826

Process/materials

paper (fiber product): AAT: 300014109

oil paint: AAT: 300015050

plein-air: AAT: 300266829

trompe-l'oeil: AAT: 300056506

Historical periods

twentieth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404514

Individuals

Subject terms

clouds: AAT: 300343840

landscapes (representations): AAT: 300015636

marble: AAT: 300011443

murders: AAT: 300069676

painting (visual works): AAT: 300033618

rivers: AAT: 300008707

sky: AAT: 300263064

spectacles (performances): AAT: 300379280

tombs: AAT: 300005926

violence: AAT: 300192799

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PROVENANCE

By 1990: Fredericka Hunter, Texas Gallery, Houston [1]

1990: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from above

The main source for this provenance is the Dallas Museum of Art acquisition record, dated October 16, 1990, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file. Supporting documentation is noted.

[1] See also the letter from Carmen Smith of the Dallas Museum of Art to Fredericka Hunter of Texas Gallery, dated October 30, 1990, copy in object file.

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General Description

This painting is from a group of on-site works of the same location, executed at the same time of day, sunset, over the period of one year. Together, they function as a set of mug shots of the place where victims of three unrelated murders were found the previous year. The artist recalls, "one evening, as I was painting in my car, a crowd of spectators began to gather along the levee across the road. With toddlers perched on their shoulders and small children jumping at their sides, parents elbowed for an unobstructed view of officials pulling the waterlogged body of a man, victim #4, from the Trinity River."