Leonid Lerman
In the Blue Blackness of My Sleep

In the Blue Blackness of My Sleep
In the Blue Blackness of My Sleep
In the Blue Blackness of My Sleep
ArtistAmerican, born Odessa (present-day Ukraine), 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • In the Blue Blackness of My Sleep
Date1996–1998
PlaceUnited States
MediumBasswood
Dimensions94 × 58 × 69 in. (238.8 × 147.3 × 175.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida
Object number2007.607
Non exposé

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Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Object Type
Provenance[David McKee Gallery, New York]; Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles, March 16, 1999; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Three Works from the Edward R. Broida Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15 - November 26, 2000. Organized by the MFAH and The Edward R. Broida Trust.

"Leonid Lerman: New Sculpture". McKee Gallery, New York. 3 March - 10 April, 1999.

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