Annette Lawrence
Rock Writing

Rock Writing

© Annette Lawrence

Rock Writing
Rock Writing
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Rock Writing
Date1992
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumLava and limestone rocks
DimensionsOverall: 120 × 72 in. (304.8 × 182.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by AT&T, New Art/New Visions, and the Wilder Foundation
Object number93.254
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Exhibition History"Texas Contemporary: Acquisitions of the '90s," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 19–November 21, 1993.

"Crossing State Lines: Texas Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 23, 2000–March 18, 2001.

"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–May 9, 2004.

"Houston Collects: African American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 31–October 26, 2008.

"Afro-Atlantic Histories," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 24, 2021–January 17, 2022; Dallas Museum of Art, October 22, 2023–February 11, 2024. (OL.1505)

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