Artist
Al Taylor American, 1948–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Bondage Duck #2
Date1998
Made inUnited States
MediumFoamed plastic fishing floats, rubber bands, latex coating, bamboo garden stake, and sand-filled coffee can with plastic lid
Dimensions18 × 4 1/16 × 4 1/16 in. (45.7 × 10.3 × 10.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Eric and Karen Pulaski Philanthropic Fund of the Houston Jewish Community Foundation and by Bettie Cartwright and Colin Kennedy
Object number2002.3444
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"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.
"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.
"Al Taylor: What Are You Looking At?," High Museum of Art, Atlanta, November 1, 2017–March 30, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on the underside:
"BONDAGE / DUCK #2 / 1998"
"AT1998.4"
"BONDAGE / DUCK #2 / 1998"
"AT1998.4"
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