Mary McCleary
Plato's Cave

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Artist Mary McCleary (American, born 1951)American, born 1951

CultureAmerican

Titles

Plato's Cave

Date2006

MediumCollage of acrylic paint, glitter, painted paper, wood, cording, and string, and small plastic objects affixed by PVA glue to Arches watercolor paper

DimensionsSheet: 22 9/16 × 30 3/16 in. (57.3 × 76.7 cm)
Frame: 25 9/16 × 33 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (65 × 84.1 × 6.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael A. and Amy K. Cosgrove

Object number2022.411

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

COLLAGE & MONTAGE

ProvenanceThe artist, 2006; [Moody Gallery, Houston]; Amy and Mike Cosgrove, before 2022; given to MFAH, via Philip Berry, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and dated in red paint, top left corner: M. McCleary 2006
Recto: Titled in printed type, center bottom edge: Plato's Cave
Verso: [inaccessible]

None noted

Catalogue raisonnéNone

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