David Byrd • Catalogue Raisonné
Catalogue entry
P9
Putting on Top
1960
Oil on canvas
34 x 26 in. (86.4 x 66 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: BYRD
The head makes the picture. —DB
Private collection
Photo: Tom Gorman; © 2013
Provenance
David Byrd Estate
White Columns Gallery, New York
Private collection
Exhibitions
Zieher Smith and Horton, New York, David Byrd and Peter Gallo, The Doctors and the Patients, November 17–December 19, 2015.
Franklin Stage Company, Franklin, New York, The Dramatic Gesture: Paintings of David Byrd, July 1–31, 2017.
White Columns, 91 Horatio St, New York, David Byrd, January 17–March 9, 2019.
Literature
O'Neill, David. "David Byrd: Anton Kern and White Columns." ArtForum (New York, NY) volume 57, no. 9 (May 2019).
Higgs, Matthew, Andrea Hull. "Interview: Videographer Andrea Hull speaks with Matthew Higgs, director of White Columns." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné, by Jody Isaacson and Jessica Farrell. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate, 2024.
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Record last updated July 15, 2024. Please note the catalogue is an evolving project and continually updated with new information that best reflects David Byrd's legacy.
Citation: Isaacson, Jody and Jessica Farrell. "Putting on Top, 1960 (P9)." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate. www.davidbyrdcatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=12 (accessed on September 29, 2026).