Christopher Wilmarth
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ArtistAmerican, 1943–1987
CultureAmerican
Titles
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Date1972
MediumEtched glass and steel
Dimensions16 1/8 × 48 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41 × 122.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Caroline Wiess Law
Object number2004.55
Not on view

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Provenance[Robert Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by Caroline Wiess Law, Houston, 2001, until d. 2003; bequeathed to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"A Spirited Vision: Highlights of the Bequest of Caroline Wiess Law to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22 - April 25, 2004

"Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion, July 15, 2005 - October 15, 2005.

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

Exhibited: "Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion, December 13, 2008 - March 22, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Etched in the center top front of large metal plate: "CMW"

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