Artist
Lena Liv(Russian, born 1952)Russian, born 1952
CultureRussian
Titles
- The Threshold
- La Soglia
Date1991
MediumGelatin silver print, blue powder and coal in iron casting
DimensionsOverall: 67 11/16 × 48 1/16 in. (172 × 122 cm)
Image: 59 7/16 × 21 5/8 in. (151 × 55 cm)
Image: 59 7/16 × 21 5/8 in. (151 × 55 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1555
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Galerie Heidi Reckermann on 10/14/1987.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Contemporary Photos from the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 5/17 through 8/10/03.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Greta Magnusson Grossman
Designed 1947 - 1948, manufactured c. 1949–1954
Powder-coated steel, aluminum, cast iron, and bulb
2017.400
Bruce Metcalf
1975
Commercial white metal castings, Plexiglas, silver, and stainless steel
2002.3953
Luis Camnitzer
1987
.A: Porcelain, stainless steel, unknown casting resin, unknown dye, silicone adhesive, wood, brass.
B: Engraved brass, two brass-headed picture hanging nails
2016.102.A,.B
Virgil Grotfeldt
1998
Watercolor and coal dust on vellum, mounted on graph paper
2007.1481
James Drake
1987–1988
Charcoal on wove paper, mounted in steel frame with coal, railroad spikes, and crowbar
89.3
Liv Blåvarp
1991–c. 1993
Bound sketchbook with graphite and colored pencil on paper
2004.1504
Jennifer Trask
2007
Sterling silver, 18k, 22k, and 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, ivory, hematite, carnelian, garnet, hessonite, moonstones, butterfly wings, pandora moth wings, dragonfly and cranefly wings, feathers, snakeskin, glass eyes of fish and reptiles, eyeshadow made of fish scales, gold powder, mica powder, bronze powder, gold and mica flakes, crushed shells, bronze shavings, ficus leaf, and rust
2009.1660.1
early 20th century
Wood, lacquer, gold powder, mother-of-pearl, wool, mica, steel, brass, silver, bone, feather, paper, ink, gilt, silvered and brocaded paper, silk wrapping cloths
2012.416.1-.11
Laura Wood
2020
Enamel, copper mesh, sterling silver, and powder coat
2022.402