Cindy Loehr
Bluebird Burden

as displayed in Millennium Gallery, 2008

© Cindy Loehr

Bluebird Burden
as displayed in Millennium Gallery, 2008
ArtistAmerican, 1971–2014
ArtistAmerican, born 1964
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bluebird Burden
Date2004
MediumIndustrial PVC, garland, plastic leis, chicken wire, internal speakers, and soundtrack
DimensionsOverall (.A - left bird): 32 × 55 × 38 in. (81.3 × 139.7 × 96.5 cm)
Overall (.B - right bird): 35 × 55 × 36 in. (88.9 × 139.7 × 91.4 cm)
Overall (.C - center bird): 38 × 35 × 41 in. (96.5 × 88.9 × 104.1 cm)
Base (.A.B) Pedestal): 15 × 83 × 15 in. (38.1 × 210.8 × 38.1 cm)
Base (.C) Pedestal): 15 × 97 × 15 in. (38.1 × 246.4 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist in honor of Leslie and Brad Bucher, and in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Core Program
Object number2008.421.A-.C
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; given to MFAH, 2008.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited:
"Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Part II)," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millennium Gallery, November 15, 2008 - January 11, 2009.

"Cindy Loehr," Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2005 - January 2006.

"Cindy Loehr: Bluebird Burden," Monique Meloche, Chicago, February 6 - March 16, 2005.

"Core: 2004," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Glassell School of Art, March 19 - April 21, 2004.

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