Artist
Miguel Rio Branco(Brazilian, born Canary Islands, 1946)Brazilian, born Canary Islands, 1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Smoking Mirrors
- from the series Santa Rosa Boxing Academy, Rio de Janeiro
Date1994, printed 1995
PlaceRio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 15 3/8 × 15 5/16 in. (39.1 × 38.9 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 1/8 in. (50.7 × 40.9 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 1/8 in. (50.7 × 40.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1975
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Fotografie Forum International 2/25/1991.
Exhibition History"Photoforum 2003", at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, September 15 - December 1, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "RB / [signature] / 99.95 / Santa Rosa"
Embossed, recto of sheet, lower right, in a circle: "RB"
Embossed, recto of sheet, lower right, in a circle: "RB"
Signed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "Rio Branco"
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