Artist
Chuck Ramirez(American, 1962–2010)American, 1962–2010
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Breakfast Tacos
- from the series Seven Days
Date2003, printed 2023
PlaceTexas, United States
MediumInkjet print on acrylic
DimensionsOverall: 48 9/16 × 59 15/16 × 1 1/16 in. (123.3 × 152.2 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cynthia Toles, J. Travis Capps, Jr., Jerry L. Gore, Libby D. Tilley, and Franci Neely in honor of Carl Palazzolo
Object number2007.383
Not on view
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Chuck Ramirez saw even the most ordinary objects as storytellers, carriers of meaning, and triggers of emotion. Why make a monumental image of the messy remains of a meal? Just as a 17th-century Dutch still-life painting with flowers and fruit, bits of meat and cheese, silver, and crystal tells about daily life and hints at its transience, Ramirez’s photograph suggests fuller, more complex stories than merely one about a hearty breakfast.
ProvenancePatricia Ruiz Healy, San Antonio, Texas; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible marks or inscriptions
Printed label on verso:
"Finesilver / FYI 816 Camaron No. 1.02 San Antonio, Texas 78212 / Chuck Ramirez / Breakfast Tacos, 2004 / 48 x 60, Digital Durst Print / ed. of 6"
"Finesilver / FYI 816 Camaron No. 1.02 San Antonio, Texas 78212 / Chuck Ramirez / Breakfast Tacos, 2004 / 48 x 60, Digital Durst Print / ed. of 6"
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