Robert Wilson
Stalin Chairs

Stalin Chairs
Stalin Chairs
Stalin Chairs
ArtistAmerican, born 1941
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Stalin Chairs
Date1973/1977
PlaceUnited States
MediumLead draped over wood and fiberglass armature
Dimensions.A: 31 7/8 × 71 1/2 × 69 1/2 in. (81 × 181.6 × 176.5 cm)
.B: 31 3/4 × 77 5/8 × 66 1/2 in. (80.6 × 197.1 × 168.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein
Object number93.331.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Paula Cooper Gallery, New York] and [Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH,1993.
Exhibition History"Modern and Contemporary Art: Spotlight on the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 7–August 27, 2000.

“Crossing State Lines: Texas Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 23, 2000–March 18, 2001.

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