Chris Ofili
Black Leaf

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Artist Chris OfiliBritish, born 1968

Printer Catherine BrooksAmerican, born 1980

Print studio Crown Point Press

Publisher Crown Point Press

CultureBritish

Titles

Black Leaf
from the series Rincon Falls

Date2008

Published inSan Francisco, California, United States

Printed inSan Francisco, California, United States

MediumColor spit bite and sugar lift aquatint with drypoint on wove paper, trial proof B, before an edition of 20

DimensionsPlate: 23 1/2 × 14 3/4 in. (59.7 × 37.5 cm)
Sheet: 32 1/2 × 22 7/8 in. (82.6 × 58.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Kelly and Nicholas Silvers; Linda and David Dillahunty; Elinor Earle; the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors; and various funders in memory of Charlotte Ewart

Object number2015.94

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

PRINTS

ProvenanceThe artist and [Crown Point Press, San Francisco, 2014]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower left: TPV
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower center: Rincon Falls—Black Leaf
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, lower right: Chris Ofili [illegible] 08

Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, lower right: Chris Ofili [illegible] 08

Recto: Blindstamp, right bottom edge: Crown Point Press / [illegible]
Recto: Blindstamp, right bottom edge: [swirling CPP – Crown Point Press logo]

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