Bernard Mendoza
Building the Sukkah

Building the Sukkah
Building the Sukkah
Building the Sukkah
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Building the Sukkah
  • from the series Generation to Generation
Date1985–2003
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 18 in. (34.9 × 45.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (40 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2003.811
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Venice, California; given to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition History"From Generation to Generation: Photographs by Bernard Mendoza", Congregation Emanu El, The Robert I. Kahn Gallery, Houston, through December 1, 2003.

"From Generation to Generation: Photographs by Bernard Mendoza", Singer Gallery, June 10 - July 15, 1999.




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