Kubrick's Rube

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Artist Sanford Biggers(American, born 1970)American, born 1970

CultureAmerican

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Kubrick's Rube

Date2020

MediumAntique quilt, birch plywood, and gold leaf

Dimensions78 1/16 × 51 9/16 × 32 1/16 in. (198.3 × 131 × 81.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2023.264.A-.K

Non exposé

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceThe artist; [Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryKubrick's Rube was on loan to the Speed Art Museum (March 18 – June 26, 2022) for his exhibition Codeswitch, which previously traveled to The Bronx Museum of the Arts (September 9- April 5, 2021) and the California African American Museum ((July 28, 2021 – January 23, 2022).
Published References Aima, Rachel. “Travel through Time and Space with Sanford Biggers.” Frieze, December 3, 2020. https://www.frieze.com/article/sanford-biggers-codeswitch-soft-truths-review-2020. Knight, Christopher. “Review: Do You See the Smile? Why Sanford Biggers' Painting Will Put One on Your Face.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2021. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-08-10/sanford-biggers-caam-los-angeles-museums?utm_source=mutualart&utm_medium=referral. Weis, Natalie. “Sanford Biggers Cracks the Code of Quilts.” Hyperallergic, June 17, 2022. https://hyperallergic.com/740532/sanford-biggers-cracks-the-code-of-quilts/?utm_source=mutualart&utm_medium=referral. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated on back of main body in black sharpie: Sanford Biggers [cursive] 2020

Signed on back of main body in black sharpie: Sanford Biggers [cursive]

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