Simon Starling
Black Drop

Black Drop
Black Drop
Black Drop
ArtistBritish, born 1967
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Black Drop
Date2012
Place depictedFrench Polynesia
Place depictedHawaii, United States
MediumSingle-channel video
Dimensions27 minutes, 42 seconds
Credit LinePurchased jointly by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, funded by the Anchorage Foundation; and the Dallas Museum of Art, funded by the DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund
Object number2013.80
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy]; purchased jointly by the MFAH and the Dallas Museum of Art, 2013.


Exhibition History“Simon Starling, Triangulation Station A (40°44’49.17? N 74°0’22.45? W),” Casey Kaplan Gallery, September 6–October 20, 2012.

"Black Drop: Simon Starling," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 13–August 3, 2014.

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