Tamara Staples
Lemon Blue Modern Game Bantam Pullet

Lemon Blue Modern Game Bantam Pullet
Lemon Blue Modern Game Bantam Pullet
Lemon Blue Modern Game Bantam Pullet
ArtistAmerican, born 1964
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Lemon Blue Modern Game Bantam Pullet
  • from the series Chickens Bred for Show
Date2008, printed 2012
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsAt opening: 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (47 × 47 cm)
Sheet: 19 × 19 in. (48.3 × 48.3 cm)
Frame: 25 1/2 × 25 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (64.8 × 64.8 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of Patsy Morgenstern Graham
Object number2014.736
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Brooklyn, NY, 2012; Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 2014; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2014.
Exhibition History"2014 Print Auction Exhibition," Houston Center for Photography, 17 January–10 February, 2014, Lot 10.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso lower edge: Lemon Blue Modern Game Bantam Pullet, 2008, 3/15 [signature]
Signed on verso in pencil: T Staples
Printed label on verso of frame: 10 Tamara Staples (Brooklyn, NY) / Lemon Blue Modern Game Bantam Pullet (2008, printed 2012) / From the series Chickens Bred for show / Inkjet print / Edition 3 of 15 / 19 x 19 inches / Accompanied by signed book The Magnificent Chicken [not received at MFA] / Courtesy of the artist / www.prettychicken.com / Signed on verso in pencil / Retail Value $1,500 - UNFRAMED Oct. 22, 2014

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