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Grammar of Creation II

© 1990 Lothar Baumgarten

Grammar of Creation II
Grammar of Creation II
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Grammar of Creation II
Date1990–2005
MediumStenciled wall drawing
Dimensions82 3/8 × 151 3/8 in. (209.2 × 384.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, contemporary@mfah, the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation, and Jeffery and Hether Brown
Object number2025.19
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
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ProvenanceThe artist; Estate of Lothar Baumgarten; [Marian Goodman Gallery, New York], purchased by MFAH, 2025..
Exhibition HistoryCarnegie International. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art in collaboration with Duquesne University, October 19, 1991–February 16, 1992.

Contradicting Architecture. Paris: Galerie Marian Goodman, June 14–July, 23, 2005.

Your Patience is Appreciated. New York: Marian Goodman Gallery. October 26–December 14, 2024.

Published References Cooke, Lynn and Mark Francis. 51st Carnegie International 1991, Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art, 1991. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN.A.

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