Michael Crowder
Air amusé (Amused Air)

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© Michael Crowder

Air amusé (Amused Air)
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ArtistAmerican, born 1972
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Air amusé (Amused Air)
Date2009
Made inUnited States
MediumBlown and cast glass
Dimensions6 × 11 × 6 in. (15.2 × 27.9 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Wade Wilson, Jackie Wolens Mazow, Richard H. Moiel and Katherine S. Poeppel
Object number2013.96
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“Contemporary Art: Selections from the Museum’s Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 3–September 21, 2014.

"Treachery of Material: The Surrealist Impulse in Craft," Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, January 26–April 15, 2018.

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