Jamal Cyrus
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Artist Jamal Cyrus(American, born 1973)American, born 1973

CultureAmerican

Titles

Date2010–2018

MediumRoot system, canvas, earthenware, cork, and cast bronze, with artist's designed vitrine

DimensionsOverall: 57 × 60 × 28 in. (144.8 × 152.4 × 71.1 cm)
.A - Root System: 15 × 15 1/2 × 17 in. (38.1 × 39.4 × 43.2 cm)
.B - Earthenware Pot: 11 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. diameter (29.2 × 19.1 cm)
.C - Bronze Shell: 5 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (14.6 × 19.1 × 26.7 cm)
.D - Base: 36 7/8 × 60 1/8 × 28 in. (93.7 × 152.7 × 71.1 cm)
.E - Plexi Bonnet: 21 × 59 5/8 × 27 1/2 in. (53.3 × 151.4 × 69.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton, Gregory Fourticq, Emily Todd, John Blackmon and John Roberson, Raymond Stainback, Nina and Mort Susman, Lea Weingarten, and Ric Whitney

Object number2019.440.A-.E

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceThe artist; [Inman Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"Jamal Cyrus," Art Basel Miami, December 5–9, 2018; Inman Gallery, Houston, March 15–April 12, 2019.

"Jamal Cyrus: The End of my Beginning," Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, June 5–September 9, 2021; Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February 5–May 28, 2022; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, October 29, 2022–March 5, 2023.
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