Gemini

Name/Title

Gemini

Entry/Object ID

2008.77

Description

Colorful, tubular shapes overlapping and intertwined (part of Diptych).

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Context

This painting is one half of a two painting series (both with the same title) that was originally commissioned to be hung on the wall in two alcoves of the patron’s home. In the artist’s own words, “the title suggests a duality, of course, but also an ambiguous tension between the two panels, resisting any effort to imagine a satisfying link between them while inviting it nonetheless. It’s a metaphor of art itself in offering an unattainable make-believe reality.”

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of John and Mary Gedo

Made/Created

Artist

Conger, William

Date made

1974

Place

City

Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Notes

American Chicago United States North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

B

Transcription

conger

Material/Technique

in painting

Type

Inscription

Location

verso C

Transcription

W. Conger Gemini 1974

Material/Technique

paint

Type

Inscription

Location

Verso TR

Transcription

DePaul Label

Material/Technique

Label

Type

Inscription

Location

R

Transcription

Left 1

Material/Technique

paint

Type

Inscription

Location

L

Transcription

W. Conger

Material/Technique

paint

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Painting

Class

PAINTINGS

Dimensions

Dimension Description

canvas

Width

42 in

Length

66-1/4 in

Dimension Description

Frame

Width

42-3/4 in

Depth

2 in

Length

67-1/4 in

Exhibitions

William Conger: Paintings 1958 -2008
Re:Chicago

Interpretative Labels

Label

Gemini (Dyptich) Conger, William 1974 Colorful, tubular shapes overlapping.

Label

Gemini Conger, William 1974 Colorful, tubular shapes overlapping (Diptych).