Dr. Charles Smith
Head with Long Bristle Hair

Head with Long Bristle Hair

© Dr. Charles Smith

Head with Long Bristle Hair
Head with Long Bristle Hair
ArtistAmerican, born 1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Head with Long Bristle Hair
  • from the African-American Heritage Museum and Black Veteran's Archive
Date1986–2000
PlaceAurora, Illinois, United States
MediumConcrete, plaster, metal armature, paint, bristles, and found materials
Dimensions25 × 18 × 19 in. (63.5 × 45.7 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Object number2003.1050
Non exposé

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Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Object Type
ProvenanceGiven to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition History"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–May 9, 2004.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
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