Paul Astbury
Prisoner's Suit

Prisoner's Suit

© Paul Astbury

Prisoner's Suit
Prisoner's Suit
ArtistBritish, born 1945
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Prisoner's Suit
Date1984
PlaceLondon, England
MediumCeramic, fabric, mixed media, and wood
Dimensions.1, Black Jacket: 33 × 29 × 2 3/4 in. (83.8 × 73.7 × 7 cm)
.2, Work Trousers: 42 1/2 × 33 × 3 in. (108 × 83.8 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2007.755.1,.2
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Skins: Paul Astbury", Takenaka Corporation Gallery, Osaka, Japan, 1997.

Exhibited: "Space and Form", Rufford Park Gallery, Rufford, Nottinghamshire, U.K, 1990.

Exhibited: "Enhanced Image, Chairs and circles: Paul Astbury", Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University College Wales, U.K, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Various impressed symbols on ceramic pieces.

Painted in black on underside: "PAUL ASTBURY / BLACK JACKET 1984"
"PJA" impressed in several places on ceramic pieces

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