Mission Impossible

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Artist Nicolas Abdallah Moufarrege(Lebanese, 1947–1985)Lebanese, 1947–1985

CultureLebanese

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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

Object number2022.2

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Modern and Contemporary Art

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FIBER ARTS

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.
Published References Daderko, Dean and Kaelem Wilson-Goldie. Nicolas Moufarrege: Recognize My Sign. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2018. Exhibition reviews: Daderko, Dean and Elaine Reichek, “33 Years After Dying of AIDS Nicolas Moufarrege Has His First Museum Show—And It's Amazing,” Artspace (November 28, 2019): https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/meet_the_artist/33-years-after-dying-of-aids-nicolas-moufarrege-has-his-first-museum-showand-its-amazing-55786 Lubow, Arthur. “Nicolas Moufarrege Was a Student of Art History. This Work Shows It, New York Times (February 6, 2020), https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/arts/design/Nicolas-Moufarrege-Queens-Museum.html?referringSource=articleShare Rodney, Seph. “The Unbridled, Exceptional Techniques of Nicolas Moufarrege,” Hyperallergic (January 23, 2020): https://hyperallergic.com/538328/the-unbridled-exceptional-techniques-of-nicolas-moufarrege/ Segade, Alexandro. “Spidey Senses, On Nicolas Moufarrege: Recognize My Sign,” Artforum (January 2020): https://www.artforum.com/print/202001/alexandro-segade-on-nicolas-moufarrege-recognize-my-sign-81615 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Inscribed in graphite on stretcher, top left corner: #5

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