General Idea
Nine Lives

Nine Lives

© AA Bronson

Nine Lives
Nine Lives
ArtistCanadian, active 1969–1994
Print studioNew York
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Nine Lives
  • from the portfolio Fear Management
Date1987
Published inNew York City, New York, United States
Printed inNew York City, New York, United States
MediumScreenprint in colors on wove paper painted brown, edition 19/50
DimensionsSheet: 33 × 22 in. (83.8 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number96.24.5
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[Peter Blum Gallery, Blumarts Inc., New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Singular Multiples: The Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980–1994," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 23–October 15, 2006.

"Proof of Concept: Artistic Process in Contemporary Printmaking, Selections from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 9–November 15, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: 19/50
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, right bottom edge: general idea 1987
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, right bottom edge: general idea 1987

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