Arthur Tress
Mother Matrix

Mother Matrix
Mother Matrix
Mother Matrix
ArtistAmerican, born 1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mother Matrix
Date1984
PlaceUnited States
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 28 7/8 × 28 3/4 in. (73.4 × 73 cm)
Sheet: 40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern, the Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.3225
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: "Mother Matrix, 1984 / 1/25"
Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: "Arthur Tress"

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