Artist
Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961)Brazilian, born 1961
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Sigmund
- from the series Pictures of Chocolate
Date1997–98
PlaceUnited States
MediumSilver dye bleach print
Dimensionsimage: 38 1/2 × 30 3/4 inches (96.3 × 76.9 cm)
irregular sheet: 50 × 34 15/16 inches (125 × 87.3 cm)
irregular sheet: 50 × 34 15/16 inches (125 × 87.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute in honor of C. Glenn Cambor
Object number99.294
Non exposé
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PhotographyObject Type
Provenance[Brent Sikkema Fine Art, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, "Contemporary Latin American Photography from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Collection", October 3, 2001 -January 27, 2002.
"Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, February 21 - May 9, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: The photograph is inscribed in black, verso, lower right: "Sigmund 1997 / #2/3".
The photograph is signed in black, verso, lower right: "Vik Muniz".
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Michael Tracy
1993
Silver dye bleach print with applied color and collage
97.214.A-.C