Catherine Wagner
-86 degree freezers, Twelve Areas of Concern and Crisis.

-86 degree freezers, Twelve Areas of  Concern and Crisis.

© Catherine Wagner

-86 degree freezers, Twelve Areas of Concern and Crisis.
-86 degree freezers, Twelve Areas of  Concern and Crisis.
ArtistAmerican, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • -86 degree freezers, Twelve Areas of Concern and Crisis.
Date1995
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints with artist's frames and printed text
Dimensionseach image: 21 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches
each frame: 24 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 9/16 inches

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number98.204.A-.L
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Jack Shainman Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition History"Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics,"
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, April 6–August 28, 2002; Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California, August 26–December 7, 2003; Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, Minneapolis, January 25–May 2, 2004; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, September 10–November 28, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Black ink stamp, verso: "DENGLAS / Do Not Tape Glazing / Handle with Care." The order number of each piece is in pencil on verso of each frame.

ADDED AT MFAH, a label above saying: NO LONGER UNDER GLASS. REFRAMED UNDER PLEXI JANUARY 2002.

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