Mike Bidlo
Origins of the World

ArtistAmerican, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Origins of the World
Date1995
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (sight): 6 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (15.6 × 11 cm)
Frame: 11 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (29.2 × 24.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2007.773
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Homage to R. Mutt," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 8 July - 8 August 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Written in ink, verso: "FOR MARK / & GARTH. / Mike B." ; " "ORIGINS OF / THE WORLD" / By Mike Bidlo / 1995 / porcelain / oil/canvas." ; "212 / 563-5612" ; "M. Bidlo / 432 W. 38 / NY NYC / [mat covering additional writing]"
Signed in ink, verso: "Mike B." and "By Mike Bidlo"

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