Billie Zangewa
The Pleasure of a Child

The Pleasure of a Child

© Billie Zangewa

The Pleasure of a Child
The Pleasure of a Child
ArtistMalawian, born 1973
CultureMalawian
Titles
  • The Pleasure of a Child
Date2021
MediumHand-stitched silk collage
Dimensions45 1/8 × 61 7/8 in. (114.6 × 157.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2022.32
Non exposé

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Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Lehmann Maupin, New York and Seoul]; purchased by the MFAH, 2022
Exhibition HistoryBillie Zangewa: Flesh and Blood. Seoul: Lehmann Maupin, November 18, 2021-January 15, 2022
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated: stitched in yellow thread on table leg: bille 21 [cursive, lowercase]
Signed and dated: stitched in yellow thread on table leg: bille 21 [cursive, lowercase]
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Catalogue raisonnéN.A.

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