Kenneth Noland
Beyond Barcelona (BB 83016)

ArtistAmerican, 1924–2010
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Beyond Barcelona (BB 83016)
Date1983
MediumMonoprint with embossing, watercolor, oil paint and oil pastel on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 28 5/8 × 41 1/8 in. (72.7 × 104.5 cm)
Frame: 32 13/16 × 45 7/8 × 1 5/8 in. (83.3 × 116.5 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Frances Marzio
Object number2024.1245
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, ca. 1970s-80s; collection of Peter and Frances Parker Marzio (1947-2022)1, by 2022; Estate of Frances Parker Marzio, 2022-2023; given to MFAH, 2023.

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: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Verso [frame]: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: 1983 / BB 83016 [upside-down]
Verso [frame]: Inscribed in felt-tip pen, center bottom edge: PARTE SUPERIOR [upside-down]
Verso [frame]: Signed, dated, and titled in felt-tip pen, center: Kenneth Noland [cursive] / 1983 / BB 83016 [upside-down]
Verso [frame]: Inscribed in felt-tip pen, right top edge: G-41359
Recto: Watermark, upper right edge: GVA[diamond motif]RRO [vertical]
Recto: Artist's monogram blindstamp, top left corner
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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