American Dream’n

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Artist Fahamu Pecou(American, born 1975)American, born 1975

CultureAmerican

Titles

American Dream’n

Date2009

MediumAcrylic and oilstick on canvas

Dimensions82 1/16 × 63 3/16 × 2 1/16 in. (208.5 × 160.5 × 5.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matt Arnold

Object number2016.337

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; [Shooting Gallery, San Francisco]; Matt Arnold Collection, Houston; given to MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History"Whirl Trade," Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, June 12-July 3, 2010.
Published References Rebecca Dimling Cochran, “Fahamu Pecou,” "Art in America," April 26, 2010. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/fahamu-pecou/ Becca Thomas, “Fahamu Pecou: Challenging Masculinity in the Media,” "Rooms," March 5, 2015. http://www.roomsmagazine.com/artpeople/fahamu-pecou Meghan Norman Walter, “Fahamu Pecou’s Whirl Trade: Hip-hop vanity or vanitas?,” "Burnaway," December 14, 2009. http://burnaway.org/review/fahamu-pecous-whirl-trade-hip-hop-vanity-or-vanitas/ Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Verso: Inscribed in paint, on canvas, right top edge: "AMERICAN DREAMIN"
Verso: Signed in paint, on canvas, right top edge: Pecou '09 [cursive]

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Verso: Signed in paint, on canvas, right top edge: Pecou '09 [cursive]

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