Artist
Martin Puryear (American, born 1941)American, born 1941
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Aso Oke
Date2019
MediumBronze, edition 2/3
Dimensions84 × 104 1/2 × 73 in., 1325lb. (213.4 × 265.4 × 185.4 cm, 601kg)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2020.116
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Arrivals Hall
On view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Matthew Marks Gallery, New York]; purchased by the MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition History"Martin Puryear: Liberty/Libertà," United States Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale, Venice, May 11–November 24, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and stamped: M Puryear, 2/3, [W]
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Martin Puryear
2000
A) Leather, paper
B) African wenge, Swiss pear, American walnut, and sugar maple
2001.190.8.A,.B
Martin Puryear
2016
Drypoint, etching, soft ground etching, sugar lift, open bite and aquatint in colors on wove paper, bon à tirer of an edition of 29
2017.106