Steven A. Barbash
Chrysanthemum III Night Flower II

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Chrysanthemum III Night Flower II
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Chrysanthemum III Night Flower II
Date1976
MediumEtching and aquatint on wove paper, edition 11/100
DimensionsPlate: 27 3/4 × 21 3/8 in. (70.5 × 54.3 cm)
Frame: 39 1/4 × 32 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (99.7 × 83.2 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Frances Marzio
Object number2024.1241
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, c. 1976; collection of Peter (1943-2010) and Frances Parker Marzio (1947-2022)1, before 2022; Estate of Frances Parker Marzio, 2022-2023; given to MFAH, 2023.

1. Three 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: Titled in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: Chrysanthemum III Night Flower II [cursive]
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below plate, center bottom edge: 11/100
Recto: Signed and dated, below plate, right bottom edge: Steven Barbash [cursive] 1976
Verso: [inaccessible]
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Catalogue raisonnéNone

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