Conrad Marca-Relli
Plan B

Plan B
Plan B
Plan B
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Plan B
Date1962
PlaceUnited States
MediumVinyl plastic on wood
Dimensions72 × 60 in. (182.9 × 152.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number63.2
Not on view

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Provenance[Samuel Kootz Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1963.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Irish Exhibition of Living Art," National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Aug 1 - Sep 15 1963.

"Marca-Relli", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, date unknown, after 1963.

"Modernsim in a Century of Change, From Object to Icon: The Art of Assemblage", June 21 through August 30, 1998, The Museum of F ine Arts, Houston

"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 10/18/2003-2/8/2004.

"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Brown Foundation Gallery, December 8, 2007-March 2, 2008.

"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 February - 5 May, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso panel:
" 'PLAN B' " "L-6-62" "234" "8734"
Signed in ink on verso panel, center: "MARCA-RELLI"
Stamped in red on verso panel: "EXT-DFPA / A-C / DOUGLAS FIR" "DFPA / TESTED / QUALITY"

Printed back labels:
"KOOTZ / GALLERY / 655 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK 21"

"WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART / ... / Artist Conrad Marca-Relli / Title Plan B / Date 1962 Catalogue No. 44 / Lender: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Exhibition Marca-Relli"

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