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Why Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come on Petunia), Gary Hill, 1984
Gary Hill, portraitGary HillAmerican, 1951

Why Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come on Petunia)

1984 · Video

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Where is “Why Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come on Petunia)” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.

The Museum of Modern Art

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
484.1985

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Contemporary art20th century

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Soundings, Gary Hill, 1979

Soundings

1979 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Around & About, Gary Hill, 1980

Around & About

1980 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Primarily Speaking, Gary Hill, 1981-1983

Primarily Speaking

1981-1983 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

URA ARU (the backside exists), Gary Hill, 1985-1986

URA ARU (the backside exists)

1985-1986 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Incidence of Catastrophe, Gary Hill, 1987-1988

Incidence of Catastrophe

1987-1988 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Inasmuch As It Is Always Already Taking Place, Gary Hill, 1990

Inasmuch As It Is Always Already Taking Place

1990 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Core Series: Glasses, Gary Hill, 1991

Core Series: Glasses

1991 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Blind Spot from Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image, Gary Hill, Bick Productions, 2003

Blind Spot from Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image

2003 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

On view at The Museum of Modern Art

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Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, Ansel Adams, c. 1931

Ansel Adams

Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1931

The Olive Trees, Vincent van Gogh, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

Vincent van Gogh

The Olive Trees, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

The Starry Night, 1889

Goat Skull and Bottle, Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

Pablo Picasso

Goat Skull and Bottle, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

She-Goat, Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Pablo Picasso

She-Goat, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950