Ólafur Elíasson
Morning light (early)

Morning light (early)

© Ólafur Elíasson

Morning light (early)
Morning light (early)
ArtistIcelandic, born Denmark, 1967
CultureIcelandic
Titles
  • Morning light (early)
Date2018
MediumWatercolor and graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 55 × 40 1/2 in. (139.7 × 102.9 cm)
 Frame (outer): 57 3/8 × 43 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (145.7 × 110.5 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice C. Simkins Drawing Endowment
Object number2019.67
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"Armory Show 2019," Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Pier 94, New York, March 6–10, 2019.

"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: Signed in graphite, bottom right corner: Olafur Eliasson 2018 [cursive]
Recto: Signed in graphite, bottom right corner: Olafur Eliasson 2018 [cursive]
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