Vernon Fisher
Taza

Taza

© Vernon Fisher

Taza
Taza
ArtistAmerican, 1943–2023
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Taza
Date1999
PlaceFort Worth, Texas, United States
MediumAcrylic on canvas with cast epoxy flies
Dimensions84 × 84 in. (213.4 × 213.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2000.116
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition History"2000 Biennial Exhibition," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 23–June 4, 2000.

"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
There are two labels on the verso of the painting:
"Whitney Museum of American Art / 945 Madison Avenue / New York, NY 10021 / 2000 Biennial Exhibition / March 23-June, 2000 / 4th Floor / Vernon Fisher / ¦Taza¦, 1999 / Acrylic on canvas with cast epoxy, 84 x 84 x 2½ inches / Courtesy of Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City"

"Taza / Vernon Fisher 1999 / acrylic on canvas, cast epoxy / canvas 84" x 84", overall variable"
unsigned

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