Herbert Ferber
Horned Sculpture

Horned Sculpture
Horned Sculpture
Horned Sculpture
ArtistAmerican, 1906–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Horned Sculpture
Date1949
PlaceUnited States
MediumBronze
Dimensions74 × 15 × 12 in. (188 × 38.1 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Brown, and George S. Heyer, Jr.
Object number79.1
Not on view

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Provenance[Knoedler & Company, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1979.
Exhibition History"A Century of Modern Sculpture 1882-1982," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14, 1983–January 31, 1984.

"Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston May 21–September 3, 1988.

"Texas Collects Willem de Kooning and His Contemporaries," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 19–May 21, 1995.

"Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 13–September 3, 2001.

"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2007–March 2, 2008.

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