Nicolas Abdallah Moufarrege
Mission Impossible

Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible
ArtistLebanese, 1947–1985
CultureLebanese
Titles
  • Mission Impossible
Date1983
MediumThread, pigment, glitter, and brooches on needlepoint on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 18 1/8 × 72 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (46 × 183.2 × 7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2022.2
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; Nabil Moufarrej and Gulnar “Nouna” Moufarrij by bequest; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition HistoryNicolas Moufarrege: Recognize My Sign. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, November 10, 2018 – February 16, 2019; New York: Queens Museum, October 6, 2019 – February 16, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite on stretcher, top left corner: #5
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Catalogue raisonnéN.A.

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