Stux Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 2007, lot 284
Acquired by the present owner at the above s൩ale

Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; New York, The New Museum of Contemporary Art; Miami, Center for the Fine Arts; Houston, Contemporary Art Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Andres Serrano: Works 1983-1993, November 1994 - February 1996

Patrick T. Murphy, Robert Hobbs, Wendy Steiner, and Marcia Tucker, Andres Serrano: Works 1983-1993, Philadelphia, 1994, unpaginated
Brian Wallis, ed., Andres Serrano: Body and Soul, New York, 1995, unpaginated
Oliva Maria Rubio and Mieke Bal, Andres Serrano: El dedo en la llaga, Spain, 2006, unpaginated

 

This work has not been examined out of the frame. There are no surface abrasions or other condition issues visible under raking light. Framed under Plexiglas.
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In Heaven and Hell, Andres Serrano challenges the benevolence of the Catholic Church, while also taking on the sexualization of 🦋violence against women. The work was made in collaboration with political artist Leon Golub, who appears in the photograph wearing the red robes of a Cardinal, subtly smiling as he looks away from the blood-splattered nude who is bound and suspended next to him.  Serrano said of the work, "I'm referring to the relationship the Church has with women, whether they are aware of women as human beings or just take them for granted and dismiss them."