Tobi Kahn
Madai

Madai
Madai
Madai
ArtistAmerican, born 1952
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Madai
Date1995
PlaceUnited States
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions72 1/8 × 47 7/8 in. (183.2 × 121.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the family of the artist and Jane Blaffer Owen
Object number99.3
Not on view

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ProvenancePurchased by MFAH, 1999.
Exhibition History"Tobi Kahn: Metamorphoses" organized and circulated by the Council or Creative Projects, Inc. to a number of institutions (listed on label on verso of painting) between 1997-1999.

EXHIBITED: as part of the "Tobi Kahn: Metamorphoses" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Glassell School of Art, Novembe r 8, 1998-January 31, 1999.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: The painting is inscribed in black, verso, lower left: "Madai / 776-95". There is a label on the verso of the painting: "32. MADAI, 1995 / Private Collection / Tobi Kahn: Metamorphoses, organized and circulated by / the Council for Creative Projects, Inc. / Touring 1997-1999: Weatherspoon Art Gallery (Greensboro, NC), The / Trout Gallery (Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA), Museum of Contemporary / Religious Art (St. Louis Univ., MO), Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery (Fairfield / Univ., CT), Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, ME), Museum of Fine / Arts, (Houston, TX), Judah C. Magnes Museum (Berkely, CA)". There is a label on the verso of the painting: "Weatherspoon Art Gallery / The University of North Carolina at Greensboro / Exhibition: Tobi Kahn: Metamorphoses / Curated by Peter Selz / Exhibition dates: 10 Sept-26 Oct 1997 / Artist: Tobi Kahn / Title: Madai / Medium: Acrylic on canvas over wood".
The painting is signed and dated in black, verso, lower right: "Tobi Kahn / '95".

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