Christiane Baumgartner
Phoenix

Artist Christiane Baumgartner(German, born 1967)German, born 1967

CultureGerman

Titles

Phoenix

Date2018

MediumWoodcut in colors from one block, inked à la poupée in blue, red, pink and orange inks and hand-printed multiple times on Korean Mulberry paper, edition 4/6 (varied)

DimensionsBlock: 54 3/4 × 78 11/16 in. (139 × 199.8 cm)
Sheet: 59 1/8 × 84 9/16 in. (150.2 × 214.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Daisy Wong

Object number2018.236

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Prints and Drawings

Object Type

PRINTS

ProvenanceThe artist, 2018; [Alan Cristea Gallery, London, by summer 2018]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"To the Skylark," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, bottom left corner: 4/6
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, bottom center: Phoenix

Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, bottom right corner: Baumgartner 2018 [cursive]

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