checklist

Works by Lin May Saeed
(b. 1973, Germany) 

St. Jerome and the Lion
2016
Steel, lacquer
59 x 73 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (150 x 186 x 10 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt; and Nicolas Krupp, Basel

Toreador Gate
2019
Steel, lacquer
59 x 83 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (150 x 213 x 9 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Ghost Ship Relief
2013
Polystyrene foam, acrylic paint, steel, plaster, paper
69 1/4 x 98 7/8 x 13 1/2 in. (176 x 251 x 34 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Mureen/Lion School
2016
Polystyrene foam, acrylic paint, steel, wood, plaster
66 7/8 x 96 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (170 x 245 x 19 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt; and Nicolas Krupp, Basel

Bee Relief
2018
Polystyrene foam, acrylic paint, steel, wood, paper
53 1/8 x 70 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (135 x 180 x 22 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Hawr al-Hammar/Hammar Marshes 
2020
Cardboard, paper, wood, fluorescent lights
102 3/8 x 200 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. (260 x 510 x 65 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Noel
2019
Charcoal on brown paper
9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (24 x 34 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Doha
2019
Charcoal on brown paper
9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (24 x 34 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Davos
2019
Charcoal on brown paper
9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (24 x 34 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Anmar
2019
Charcoal on brown paper
9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (24 x 34 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Hathor
2019
Charcoal on brown paper
9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (24 x 34 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Cro-Magnon
2019
Charcoal on brown paper
9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (24 x 34 cm)
Courtesy of the artist

Calf
2018
Polystyrene foam, steel, acrylic paint, charcoal, clay, wood
Overall: 72 7/8 x 70 7/8 x 27 1/2 in. (185 x 180 x 70 cm); calf: 50 3/4 x 66 7/8 x 26 in. (129 x 170 x 66 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Pangolin
2020
Polystyrene foam, steel, plaster, acrylic paint, wood
Overall: 53 1/2 x 41 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (136 x 105 x 36 cm); pangolin: 20 1/2 x 41 x 11 3/8 in. (52 x 104 x 29 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

The Liberation of Animals from their Cages XXIII/Djamil Gate
2020
Steel, lacquer
82 5/8 x 61 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (210 x 157 x 10 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Cleaner 
2006, second version 2020
Polystyrene foam, steel, acrylic paint, polyethylene, plastic watering can
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Panther Relief
2017
Polystyrene foam, acrylic paint, wood
44 1/8 x 72 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (112 x 184 x 10.5 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Nicolas Krupp, Basel

Thaealab 
2017
Cast bronze, lacquer, hazelnuts
56 1/4 x 114 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (143 x 290 x 36 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

War
2006
Acrylic paint on polystyrene foam
39 3/8 x 54 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (100 x 138 x 3 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Aynoor
2020
Acrylic paint on canvas
27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in. (70 x 100 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Seven Sleepers
2020
Polystyrene foam, acrylic paint, steel, jute, fabric, paper, plants, glass, water, cotton cord, wood, cardboard
Overall: 84 5/8 x 177 1/8 x 39 3/8 in. (215 x 450 x 100 cm)
Courtesy of the artist; Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt

Clark Collection Works:

Niccolò Boldrini
Italian, born c. 1500, active c. 1530–1570
after Raphael
Italian, 1483–1520
Hercules Wrestling with the Nemean Lion
1520–70
Woodcut on paper
11 7/8 x 16 1/2 in. (30.7 x 41.8 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Acquired by the Clark, 1988
1988.221

Michael Snyders
Flemish, 1586–1672
Studies of Animals, Insects, Heads, etc.
1610–1672
Etching and engraving on laid paper
6 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (17.5 x 24 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
William J. Collins Collection
1960.257

Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471–1528
The Little Passion: The Fall of Man
1510–11
Woodcut on paper<
9 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (24.1 x 16.2 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Acquired by the Clark, 1968
1968.136

Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471–1528
Saint Jerome in His Cell
1511
Woodcut on paper
9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (23.8 x 16.5 cm)
Clark Art Institute Williamstown, Massachusetts
Acquired by the Clark, 1968
1968.250

Rosa Bonheur
French, 1822–1899
Studies of a Lioness
n.d.
Pencil on white wove paper
6 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (16.7 x 24.8 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Gift of Denison B. Hull
1976.23

Eugène Delacroix
French, 1798–1863
Studies of a Crouching Tiger
1810–63
Pencil on paper
5 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (14 x 22.5 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Acquired by Sterling Clark, 1916
1955.1424

Théodore Géricault
French, 1791–1824
Flemish Horses (Chevaux flamands)
1822
Lithograph on paper
9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (24 x 36 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Gift of James A. Bergquist
1998.35

Félix Bracquemond
French, 1833–1914
The Moles (Les Taupes)
1854
Etching on laid paper
16 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (42.1 x 32.2 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Acquired by the Clark, 1980
1980.11

Théodore Chassériau
French, b. Dominican Republic, 1819–1856
Moorish Women of Constantine
1851
Etching and soft ground etching on chine collée on paper
8 3/4 x 12 in. (22.2 x 30.5 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Gift of Jay McKean Fisher in memory of his parents, Suzanne and Frederick Fisher
2003.6

On the occasion of her first museum solo exhibition, this catalogue illustrates Lin May Saeed’s drawings, paintings, and sculptures in materials such as paper, steel, and polystyrene foam. It includes two interpretive essays on the artist, Saeed’s own writings, and a previously untranslated text on animality and otherness.

Robert Wiesenberger, with contributions by Mel Y. Chen, Birgit Mütherich, and Lin May Saeed

144 pages
70 color illustrations
7 ½ x 10 in.
$35.00