General Idea
Passion over Reason

Passion over Reason

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Passion over Reason
Passion over Reason
ArtistCanadian, active 1969–1994
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Passion over Reason
  • for: Fear Management
Date1986
PlaceNew York, NY, United States
MediumAcrylic on wood
Dimensions20 × 16 × 1 3/8 in. (50.8 × 40.6 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, gift of Peter Blum/Blumarts, Inc., New York
Object number96.69.4
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Peter Blum Gallery, Blumarts Inc., New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"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
Inscribed in black ink on verso: "PASSION OVER REASON general idea 1986". Marked in pencil on verso, bottom center: "GEN 2003".
Signed and dated in black ink on verso: "general idea 1986".

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