Harold Mendez
We were the mist, the smoke curtain, that hid everything

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We were the mist, the smoke curtain, that hid everything
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ArtistAmerican, born 1977
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • We were the mist, the smoke curtain, that hid everything
Date2015
MediumElectrostatic toner transfer with white spray enamel paint, graphite, watercolor, lithographic crayon, soot, paper fibers, and vegetable oil on reclaimed ball-grained aluminum lithographic plate
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 40 1/4 × 35 1/2 in. (102.2 × 90.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Leslie and Brad Bucher
Object number2015.388
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ProvenanceThe artist, Houston, 2015; [Glassell School of Art Benefit Art Auction, MFAH, May 2015]; purchased by Leslie and Brad Bucher, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History“Traces in the Dark,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, February 4—March 22, 2015.
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