Karin Broker
Self-Portrait on Valentine's Day #1

Self-Portrait on Valentine's Day #1
Self-Portrait on Valentine's Day #1
Self-Portrait on Valentine's Day #1
ArtistAmerican, born 1950
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Self-Portrait on Valentine's Day #1
Date1991
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumMixed media assemblage
Dimensionso/a: 11 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 3 inches (29.9 × 21.6 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number91.1549
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[McMurtrey Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryLOANED to "Karin Broker: 1980-1992" exhibition at the Sewall Art Gallery, Rice Univ., Sep. 3 - Oct. 10, 1992. (See loan LN:92.22)

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in black ink on verso center: "Self Portrait on Valentine's Day #1" Labeled on verso, bottom edge: "Karin Broker/ Self Portrait on Valentine's Day #1/ 1991, mixed media/ 12" x 8 1/2" x 3"/ KB 105/ MCMURTREY GALLERY/ 3508 Lake Street Houston, Texas 77098/ 713 523-8238" Masking tape with "7" marked in pencil adhered to verso.
Signed in black ink on verso, center: "Karin Broker, 1991"

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