Louviere & Vanessa
A life in the day

A life in the day
ArtistAmerican, founded 2004
ArtistAmerican, born 1971
ArtistAmerican, born 1970
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A life in the day
Date2009
MediumChlorophyll print on leaf embedded in resin
DimensionsImage: 9 × 5 1/8 in. (22.9 × 13 cm)
 Mount: 15 × 11 5/8 in. (38.1 × 29.5 cm)
 Frame: 17 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 1 in. (43.8 × 36.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour in memory of Leigh Boone
Object number2009.1501
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artists; [Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Summer 2009]; Clinton T. Willour, Houston; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso mount: " 'a life in the day' (signature) / 1/1 2009"
Signed in ink on verso mount, lower center: Louviere + Vanessa"

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