General Idea
Dr. Brute Shield

Dr. Brute Shield

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Dr. Brute Shield
Dr. Brute Shield
ArtistCanadian, active 1969–1994
Artist
Print studioNew York
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Dr. Brute Shield
  • 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 brown, 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 number96.24.2
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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