Lucas Johnson
Los espectadores (The Spectators)

Los espectadores (The Spectators)

© 1968 Estate of Lucas and Patricia Johnson

Los espectadores (The Spectators)
Los espectadores (The Spectators)
ArtistAmerican, 1940–2002
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Los espectadores (The Spectators)
Date1968
MediumLithograph on wove paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 19 × 12 in. (48.3 × 30.5 cm)
Frame: 19 15/16 × 16 7/8 × 9/16 in. (50.7 × 42.8 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey Wahba Family
Object number2021.604
Not on view

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ProvenanceAccording to donor Jeffrey Wahba, these artworks were purchased by his parents, either through a gallery or possibly directly from the artist, in Mexico in 1970. They passed to Jeffrey as part of his parents’ estate.

The Wahba family, 1970-2021; by descent to the son, Jeffrey Wahba, 2021; given to MFAH, 2021


Exhibition HistoryNone known for this work
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in ink, lower right: LOS ESPECTADORES/Lucas/68[circled]/MEXICO
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Dr. Albert[?] Wahba
Verso: Inscribed in graphite (partially obscured by masking tape), upper right: [?]jita neg[?]/frente plata
Recto: Signed in ink, right bottom edge: Lucas [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
None known
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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