Mary McCleary
Plato's Cave

Overall recto.
Plato's Cave
Overall recto.
ArtistAmerican, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Plato's Cave
Date2006
MediumCollage of acrylic paint, glitter, painted paper, wood, cording, and string, and small plastic objects affixed by PVA glue to Arches watercolor paper
DimensionsSheet: 22 9/16 × 30 3/16 in. (57.3 × 76.7 cm)
 Frame: 25 9/16 × 33 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (65 × 84.1 × 6.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael A. and Amy K. Cosgrove
Object number2022.411
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 2006; [Moody Gallery, Houston]; Amy and Mike Cosgrove, before 2022; given to MFAH, via Philip Berry, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in red paint, top left corner: M. McCleary 2006
Recto: Titled in printed type, center bottom edge: Plato's Cave
Verso: [inaccessible]
None noted
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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