Jim Love
Portable Acrobatic Bear as Carry-On Luggage

Portable Acrobatic Bear as Carry-On Luggage

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Portable Acrobatic Bear as Carry-On Luggage
Portable Acrobatic Bear as Carry-On Luggage
ArtistAmerican, 1927–2005
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Portable Acrobatic Bear as Carry-On Luggage
Date1972
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumSteel and brass
Dimensions23 × 12 7/8 × 10 in. (58.4 × 32.7 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Eleanor Freed Stern
Object number93.332
Not on view

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ProvenanceEleanor Freed Stern, Houston; bequeathed to MFAH,1993.
Exhibition History"Jim Love: From Now On," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, April 21–July 2, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Impressed on back, proper left side, vertically: "PORTABLE ACCROBATIC BEAR AS/ CARRY-ON LUGGAGE"
Impressed on back, proper left side, vertically: "LOVE 72"

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