General Idea
Cornucopia (The Birth of the Red, White and Blue)

Cornucopia (The Birth of the Red, White and Blue)

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Cornucopia (The Birth of the Red, White and Blue)
Cornucopia (The Birth of the Red, White and Blue)
ArtistCanadian, active 1969–1994
Artist
Printer
Print studioNew York
PublisherNew York
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Cornucopia (The Birth of the Red, White and Blue)
  • from the portfolio Fear Management
Date1987
Published inNew York City, New York, United States
Printed inNew York City, New York, United States
MediumScreenprint in colors on wove paper painted black, edition 19/50
DimensionsSheet: 33 × 22 in. (83.8 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number96.24.1
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[Peter Blum Gallery, Blumarts Inc., New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Singular Multiples: The Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980–1994," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 23–October 15, 2006.

"Proof of Concept: Artistic Process in Contemporary Printmaking, Selections from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 9–November 15, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Numbered in pencil, lower left corner: "19/50".
Signed and dated in pencil, lower right corner: "general idea 1987".

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