Artist
Adrian Piper American, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Close to Home
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)
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
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
None of the photographs are signed.
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