Jesús Bautista Moroles
Greek Key

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Artist Jesús Bautista Moroles(American, 1950–2015)American, 1950–2015

CultureAmerican

Titles

Greek Key

MediumColored, pressed paper pulp, edition 2/10

DimensionsSheet: 19 × 18 3/4 in. (48.3 × 47.6 cm)
Frame: 22 1/8 × 22 1/8 × 2 1/4 in. (56.2 × 56.2 × 5.7 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Frances Marzio

Object number2024.1239

Not on view

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Prints and Drawings

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WORKS ON PAPER

ProvenanceThe artist, 1992; collection of Peter and Frances Parker Marzio (1947-2022)1, to 2022; Estate of Frances Parker Marzio, 2022-2023; given to MFAH, 2024.

1Three years after marrying Peter Marzio in 1979, Frances Parker Marzio and her husband moved to Houston, where Peter assumed the position of Director at the MFAH. Putting to use an education received at the University of Miami and George Washington University, as well as experience gained as a fellow at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Frances served as the curator of antiquities at the MFAH from the early 1990s through 2016. During her tenure, she curated many exhibitions and wrote or co-wrote multiple books, and she coupled her curatorial work with responsibilities as an aide to the museum’s Board of Trustees.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed in graphite, left bottom edge: Jesus Bautista Moroles [cursive]
Recto: Editioned in graphite, center bottom edge: 3/10
Recto: Titled in graphite, right bottom edge: Greek Key [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]

Watermark: None known

Catalogue raisonnéNone

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