Yinka Shonibare CBE
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Africa)

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Africa)

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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Africa)
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Africa)
ArtistBritish, Nigerian, born 1962
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Africa)
Date2008
Made inLondon, England
MediumChromogenic print mounted on aluminum, edition 3/5
Dimensions72 × 49 1/2 in. (182.9 × 125.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton; the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment; bequest of Edward R. Broida and Eva K. Kitchen, both by exchange; Bettie Cartwright; Chris Urbanczyk, with matching funds provided by Chevron; and the Wolff-Toomin Foundation in memory of Edward Oppenheimer, Jr. and Adolph Horwitz, and in honor of Lester Marks
Object number2012.339
Not on view

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Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Object Type
Provenance[James Cohan Gallery, New York]; Private collection, c. 2008; [James Cohan Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.



Exhibition History"Yinka Shonibare MBE: Addio del Passato," James Cohan Gallery, New York, February 16–March 24, 2012.

"Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present," Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, January 24–May 16, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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None visible
White paper gallery label adhered to backing panel verso center left: " James Cohan Gallery / 533 WEST 26TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10001 TEL 2120714 9500 / YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE / The Sleep of Reson Produces Monsters (Africa), 2008 / C-print mounted on aluminum / Image size: 72 X 49.5 inches / Framed: 81.5 x 58 x 2.5 inches / 3/5 / JCG3746.3 "

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