Sanford Biggers
Kubrick's Rube

Kubrick's Rube

© 2020 Sanford Biggers

Kubrick's Rube
Kubrick's Rube
ArtistAmerican, born 1970
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Kubrick's Rube
Date2020
MediumAntique quilt, birch plywood, and gold leaf
Dimensions78 1/16 × 51 9/16 × 32 1/16 in. (198.3 × 131 × 81.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2023.264.A-.K
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryKubrick's Rube was on loan to the Speed Art Museum (March 18 – June 26, 2022) for his exhibition Codeswitch, which previously traveled to The Bronx Museum of the Arts (September 9- April 5, 2021) and the California African American Museum ((July 28, 2021 – January 23, 2022).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated on back of main body in black sharpie: Sanford Biggers [cursive] 2020
Signed on back of main body in black sharpie: Sanford Biggers [cursive]
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Catalogue raisonnéN.A

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