Jeffrey Gibson
Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

© 2019 Jeffrey Gibson

Playing with Fire
Playing with Fire
ArtistAmerican, born 1972
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Playing with Fire
Date2019
MediumRepurposed punching bag, acrylic felt, glass beads, metal jingles, artificial sinew, and nylon fringe
Dimensions76 × 21 in. diameter (193 × 53.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2020.51
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York]; purchased by the MFAH, 2020.

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