Jeff Wall
October 2021—March 2022
A major monographic exhibition of works by Jeff Wall (Canadian, b. 1946), his first in the Washington, D.C., area since 1997, is on view in Room 2 of the Pavilions. This is the artist’s largest exhibition in the United States since his 2007 mid-career survey at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Comprised of nearly 30 artworks spanning five decades, the exhibition brings together the full range of the artist’s pioneering oeuvre, from early pictures displayed in backlit lightboxes and black and white silver gelatin prints to more recent large-scale inkjet color prints.
Exhibition Preview
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Jeff Wall
I giardini / The Gardens (left) Appunto / Complaint; (centre) Disappunto / Denial; (right) Diffilda / Expulsion order, 2017
Wall 2017I giardini / The Gardens (left) Appunto / Complaint; (centre) Disappunto / Denial; (right) Diffilda / Expulsion order, 2017
three inkjet prints
97 ⅝ x 155 ⅞ inches (248 x 396 cm) each
© Jeff Wall
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Jeff Wall
Mother of pearl, 2016
Wall 2016Mother of pearl, 2016
inkjet print
23 ⅝ x 27 ¾ inches (60 x 70 cm)
© Jeff Wall
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
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Jeff Wall
Staircase & two rooms, 2014
Wall 2014Staircase & two rooms, 2014
three lightjet prints
each, 95 1⁄8 × 70 1⁄8 inches (241.5 × 178 cm)
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Jeff Wall
Summer Afternoons, 2013
Wall 2013Summer Afternoons, 2013
two inkjet prints
male, 72 × 83 5⁄8 inches (183 × 212.5 cm)
female, 78 ¾ × 98 5⁄8 inches (200 × 250.5)
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Jeff Wall
Boy falls from tree, 2010
Wall 2010Boy falls from tree, 2010
inkjet print
89 × 120 1⁄8 inches (226 × 305 cm)
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Jeff Wall
Search of premises, 2008
Wall 2008Search of premises, 2008
inkjet print
75 5⁄8 × 103 ½ inches (192 × 263 cm)
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Jeff Wall
Knife Throw, 2008
Wall 2008Knife Throw, 2008
inkjet print
72 ½ × 100 ¾ inches (184 × 256 cm)
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Jeff Wall
Dressing Poultry, 2007
Wall 2007Dressing Poultry, 2007
transparency in lightbox
79 3⁄8 × 99 ¼ inches (201.5 × 252 cm)
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Jeff Wall
Men waiting, 2006
Wall 2006Men waiting, 2006
silver gelatin print
103 1⁄8 × 152 ¾ inches (262 × 388 cm)
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Jeff Wall
Night, 2001
Wall 2001Night, 2001
silver gelatin print
94 1⁄8 × 118 ¾ inches (239 × 301.5 cm)
© Jeff Wall
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Jeff Wall
After ‘Spring Snow’, by Yukio Mishima, chapter 34, 2000-2005
Wall 2000After ‘Spring Snow’, by Yukio Mishima, chapter 34, 2000-2005
inkjet print
24 ¾ × 29 1⁄8 inches (63 × 74 cm)
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Jeff Wall
The Flooded Grave, 1998-2000
Wall 1998The Flooded Grave, 1998-2000
transparency in lightbox
90 × 111 inches (228.5 × 282 cm)
© Jeff Wall
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Jeff Wall
Volunteer, 1996
Wall 1996Volunteer, 1996
silver gelatin print
87 ¼ × 123 ¼ inches (221.5 × 313 cm)
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Jeff Wall
A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai), 1993
Wall 1993A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai), 1993
transparency in lightbox
90 1⁄8 × 148 3⁄8 inches (229 × 377 cm)
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Jeff Wall
The Giant, 1992
Wall 1992The Giant, 1992
transparency in lightbox
15 3⁄8 × 18 7⁄8 inches (39 × 48 cm)
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Jeff Wall
Dead Troops Talk (a vision after an ambush of a Red Army patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, winter 1986), 1992
Wall 1992Dead Troops Talk (a vision after an ambush of a Red Army patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, winter 1986), 1992
transparency in lightbox
90 1⁄8 × 164 1⁄8 inches (229 × 417 cm)
© Jeff Wall
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Jeff Wall
The Vampires’ Picnic, 1991
Wall 1991The Vampires’ Picnic, 1991
transparency in lightbox
90 1⁄8 × 131 7⁄8 inches (229 × 335 cm)
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Jeff Wall
The Stumbling Block, 1991
Wall 1991The Stumbling Block, 1991
transparency in lightbox
90 1⁄8 × 132 7⁄8 inches (229 × 337.5 cm)
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Jeff Wall
The Well, 1989
Wall 1989The Well, 1989
transparency in lightbox
90 1⁄8 × 70 inches (229 × 179 cm)
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Jeff Wall
An Eviction, 1988/2004
Wall 1988An Eviction, 1988/2004
transparency in lightbox
90 1⁄8 × 163 inches (229 × 414 cm)
© Jeff Wall
Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com
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Jeff Wall
Diatribe, 1985
Wall 1985Diatribe, 1985
transparency in lightbox
79 7⁄8 × 90 1⁄8 inches (203 × 229 cm)
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Jeff Wall
Abundance, 1985
Wall 1985Abundance, 1985
transparency in lightbox
87 5⁄8 × 48 inches (222.5 × 122 cm)
© Jeff Wall
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Jeff Wall
Mimic, 1982
Wall 1982Mimic, 1982
transparency in lightbox
78 × 90 inches (198 × 228.5 cm)
© Jeff Wall
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Jeff Wall
Steves Farm, Steveston, 1980
Wall 1980Steves Farm, Steveston, 1980
Cibachrome transparency in lightbox
21 ½ x 90 ⅛ inches (55 x 229 cm) image
28 ¾ x 97 x 9 ¼ inches (73 x 246 x 24 cm)
© Jeff Wall
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Jeff Wall
Picture for Women, 1979
Wall 1979Picture for Women, 1979
transparency in lightbox
56 1⁄8 × 80 ½ inches (142.5 × 204.5 cm)
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Jeff Wall
Double Self-Portrait, 1979
Wall 1979Double Self-Portrait, 1979
transparency in lightbox
67 ¾ × 90 1⁄8 inches (172 × 229 cm)
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Jeff Wall
The Destroyed Room, 1978
Wall 1978The Destroyed Room, 1978
transparency in lightbox
62 5⁄8 × 90 1⁄8 inches (159 × 229 cm)
© Jeff Wall
Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com
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