Leandro Erlich
Elevator

ArtistArgentinean, born 1973
CultureArgentinean
Titles
  • Elevator
Date1996
PlaceArgentina
MediumSteel, aluminum, Formica, and mirrors
Dimensions74 15/16 × 33 3/4 × 32 1/4 in. (190.3 × 85.7 × 81.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Leslie and Jack S. Blanton, Jr., Sandra Gering Gallery, Lester and Diane Marks, Cynthia Toles, and an anonymous donor
Object number98.182
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition History"New to Houston, Recent Additions to Houston Collections," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 21–August 30, 1998.

"Modern and Contemporary Art: Spotlight on the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 7–August 27, 2000.

"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 10, 2003–February 8, 2004.

"Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 8–June 29, 2008.

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