Adrian Piper
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Artist Adrian Piper (American, born 1948)American, born 1948

CultureAmerican

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Date1987

PlaceUnited States

MediumGelatin silver prints, audio

DimensionsSheet (.A): 22 × 17 in. (55.9 × 43.2 cm)
Sheet (.B): 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm)
Frame (.A): 22 7/16 × 17 9/16 × 1 5/16 in. (57 × 44.6 × 3.3 cm)
Frame (.B): 11 3/8 × 17 9/16 × 1 5/16 in. (28.9 × 44.6 × 3.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael and Jeanne Klein, and the Director's Accessions Endowment

Object number92.111.1-.15

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Photographs by African American Artists

Object Type

Provenance[John Weber Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1992.
Exhibition History"Adrian Piper," at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (England) from 9-21 to 11-2-1991 & traveling until 11-22-1992.

"Contemporary Art and Photography: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Upper Brown Pavilion, September 30, 2001 - March 31, 2002.

"Adrian Piper: Race Traitor," Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, March 19–June 9, 2024. (OL.1673)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

None of the photographs are signed.

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