General Idea
Passion over Reason

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Artist General Idea(Canadian, active 1969–1994)Canadian, active 1969–1994

ArtistPaper painted by Winston Roeth

Print studio Maurel Studios(New York)New York

CultureCanadian

Titles

Passion over Reason
from the portfolio Fear Management

Date1987

Printed inNew York City, New York, United States

Published inNew York City, New York, United States

MediumScreenprint in colors on wove paper painted black, edition 19/50

DimensionsSheet: 32 7/8 × 22 in. (83.5 × 55.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund

Object number96.24.4

Not on view

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Prints and Drawings

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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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