Alexander Liberman
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ArtistAmerican, born Russia (present-day Ukraine), 1912–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
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Date1966
PlaceUnited States
MediumPainted steel
Dimensions67 × 146 × 65 in. (170.2 × 370.8 × 165.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number70.46
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Provenance[André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1970.
Exhibition History"Spotlight on the Arts," Houston Chamber of Commerce, Houston, September 28–October 13, 1971.

Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, Houston, June 20, 2006–March 18, 2009.

"Sugar Land Cultural Arts," Smart Financial Centre Plaza, Sugar Land, Texas, January 14, 2017–January 2018.

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