Anne Kraus
Uma Abertura Basket

Uma Abertura Basket

© 8/11/2011

Uma Abertura Basket
Uma Abertura Basket
ArtistAmerican, 1956–2003
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Uma Abertura Basket
Date1994
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 13 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (8.3 × 34.3 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Object number2007.909
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio; given to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"One Person Exhibition," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Painted on ceramic scrolled plaque across the railing: "uma abertura"

Painted in reserves in the basket: I had orders from some organization - / that I seem to be a part of - to kill / some people. After some wavering / I did shoot them because I knew / it was my final assignment." "In the moment of a quick / decision, half a lifetime of work / is brought to a close. / But I begin to imagine there is / a witness. And I realize I could / be dragged back and I could go / to prison." "In this moment I cross / a boundary into a wilderness / inside of myself - / a wilderness I never dreamed of

Indiscernible text painted in faint green paint on top rim of basket, top right.


Painted on the underside: "Anne / Kraus"

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