David Byrd • Catalogue Raisonné
Catalogue entry
P202
Hell of an Evening
1992
Oil on canvas
19 x 24 in. (48.3 x 61 cm)
Signed and dated lower left pencil: BYRD
"The violence of the family is constant."—DB
Private collection
Photo: Tom Gorman; © 2013
Provenance
David Byrd Estate
Private collection
Exhibitions
Martin-Mullen Gallery, State University of New York, Oneonta, New York, David Byrd: Seeing What is There, November 11–December 20, 2013.
Art Dealers Association of America with Greg Kucera Gallery, New York, March 4–8, 2015.
David Byrd Estate, Sidney Center, New York, David Byrd, A Life, July 8–September 30, 2017.
Matthew Brown Gallery, 712 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, David Byrd at Matthew Brown Gallery, February 22–March 30, 2024.
Karma Gallery, 70 Main Street, Thomaston, Maine, A Certain Form of Hell, July 20–August 31, 2025.
Literature
Graves, Jen. "A Vast Empathy: One Man's Life's Work, Uncovered." The Stranger (Seattle, WA), April 3, 2013.
Cozzolino, Robert. "The Limits of Empathy." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné, by Jody Isaacson and Jessica Farrell. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate, 2024, fig. 20.
Farrell, Jessica. "Bird's Eye View: Archiving David Byrd's Legacy." David Bryd Catalogue Raisonné (Sidney Center, NY), August 2024.
"Architecture of Essentials: David Byrd’s Montrose VA 1958–88." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné, by Jody Isaacson and Jessica Farrell. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate, 2024.
Commentary
The Cantralls, foster family. Setting is Springfield. Bottom of the Depression.
—Notes from a Conversation with David Byrd and Jody Isaacson
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Record last updated September 29, 2025. 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. "Hell of an Evening, 1992 (P202)." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate. www.davidbyrdcatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=199 (accessed on September 29, 2026).