Paul Astbury
Prisoner's Suit

Prisoner's Suit

© Paul Astbury

Prisoner's Suit
Prisoner's Suit
ArtistBritish, born 1945
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Prisoner's Suit
Date1984
PlaceLondon, England
MediumCeramic, fabric, mixed media, and wood
Dimensions.1, Black Jacket: 33 × 29 × 2 3/4 in. (83.8 × 73.7 × 7 cm)
.2, Work Trousers: 42 1/2 × 33 × 3 in. (108 × 83.8 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2007.755.1,.2
Non exposé

Explore Further

Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Skins: Paul Astbury", Takenaka Corporation Gallery, Osaka, Japan, 1997.

Exhibited: "Space and Form", Rufford Park Gallery, Rufford, Nottinghamshire, U.K, 1990.

Exhibited: "Enhanced Image, Chairs and circles: Paul Astbury", Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University College Wales, U.K, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Various impressed symbols on ceramic pieces.

Painted in black on underside: "PAUL ASTBURY / BLACK JACKET 1984"
"PJA" impressed in several places on ceramic pieces

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

T.V. Dish
Paul Astbury
1984
Ceramic, metal, and plastic
2007.756
Untitled
Reinaldo Sanguino
2006
Ceramic and mixed media
2007.1031.A,.B
No. 10 Divided Space Form Fragmenting
Paul Astbury
1978
Porcelain, dolomite, and stains
2007.759.A,.B
No. 6 Striated Form
Paul Astbury
1978
Porcelain, dolomite, and stains
2007.758
No. 5 Striated Form
Paul Astbury
1978
Porcelain, dolomite, and stains
2007.757
Study in Antique White (Barricade)
Doug Jeck
2000
Ceramic, fabric, wood, and plaster
2007.890.A-.G
New York Thighs (Maquette)
Claes Oldenburg
no date
Mixed media collage on fabric covered panel
86.367
Lucky Puppy
Adelaide Paul
2002
Porcelain, glass, and mixed media
2007.1005.A-.C
Yo quiero chihuahua
Adelaide Paul
2004
Porcelain and mixed media
2007.1007.A,.B
Courtesy of the Artist
Brian Kluge
2012
Ceramic and wood
2014.286.A,.B
Into the Room of Dream / Dread I Abrupt Awake Clapping
Elise Siegel
2001
Ceramic and wood
2007.1055.A-.H
Untitled
Paul Soldner
1980
Ceramic
2010.2138