Steven A. Barbash
Chrysanthemum

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Chrysanthemum
Date1968
MediumEtching and aquatint on wove paper, edition 17/30
DimensionsPlate: 27 1/4 × 21 5/8 in. (69.2 × 54.9 cm)
Frame: 39 1/4 × 32 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (99.7 × 83.2 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Frances Marzio
Object number2024.1240
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1968; collection of Peter (1943-2010) and Frances Parker Marzio (1947-2022)1, before 2022; Estate of Frances Parker Marzio, 2022-2023; given to MFAH, 2023.

1. Three years after marrying Peter Marzio in 1979, Frances Parker Marzio and her husband moved to Houston, where Peter assumed the position of Director at the MFAH. Putting to use an education received at the University of Miami and George Washington University, as well as experience gained as a fellow at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Frances served as the curator of antiquities at the MFAH from the early 1990s through 2016. During her tenure, she curated many exhibitions and wrote or co-wrote multiple books, and she coupled her curatorial work with responsibilities as an aide to the museum’s Board of Trustees.
Exhibition HistoryNone known for these impressions
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Titled in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: Chrysanthemum [cursive]
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below plate, center bottom edge: 17/30
Recto: Signed and dated, below plate, right bottom edge: Steven Barbash [cursive] 1968
Verso: [inaccessible]
None known
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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