We were the mist, the smoke curtain, that hid everything
Artist
Harold Mendez(American, born 1977)American, 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
Non exposé
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Department
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Exhibition History“Traces in the Dark,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, February 4—March 22, 2015.
Published References Liz Park, Traces in the Dark (Philadelphia, PA: Institute of Contemporary Art, 2015), illus., np. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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