Artist
Yinka Shonibare CBEBritish, 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 Fund; 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
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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
None visible
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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