Irvin Tepper
The Complaining Cup

The Complaining Cup
The Complaining Cup
The Complaining Cup
ArtistAmerican, born 1947
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Complaining Cup
Date1980
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 15 15/16 in. (30.5 × 40.5 cm)
 Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2007.1082
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in black ink below image, center: "The Complaining Cup"; below image, at right: "Irv Tepper 1980"
Signed in black ink: "Irv Tepper 1980" at bottom right under image

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