Mel Chin
Extraction of Plenty from What Remains: 1823-

Extraction of Plenty from What Remains: 1823-
Extraction of Plenty from What Remains: 1823-
Extraction of Plenty from What Remains: 1823-
ArtistAmerican, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Extraction of Plenty from What Remains: 1823-
Date1989
PlaceUnited States
MediumPainted plaster and wood, with Honduran mahogany and banana fibers coated with coffee, mud, and blood
DimensionsOverall: 144 × 105 × 68 in. (365.8 × 266.7 × 172.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2009.1352.A-.C
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Atrium Floor 3
On view

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Object Type
ProvenancePurchased by MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition History"Viewpoints: Mel Chin," Menil Collection, Houston, April 28–August 25, 1991.

"Do Not Ask Me," Houston Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, January 21–May 14, 2006.

"Mel Chin: Rematch," New Orleans Museum of Art, February 21–May 24, 2014.

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