The Art Guys
The Wailing Wall

The Wailing Wall

© The Art Guys

The Wailing Wall
The Wailing Wall
ArtistAmerican, born 1959
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Wailing Wall
  • from SUITS: The Clothes Make the Man
Date1997–1998
MediumLaserjet prints on paper
DimensionsSheet (each): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Frame (outer) (each): 11 3/8 × 8 7/8 × 15/16 in. (28.9 × 22.5 × 2.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton
Object number2001.78.4.1-.62
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ProvenanceThe artists; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Art Guys' SUITS: The Clothes Make the Man," MFAH, Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Garden, October 18 - November 14, 2001.

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