Roberto Obregón
Extra Niágara para la Amnesia de Christopher Grimes (E De y Pe Erre)

Extra Niágara para la Amnesia de Christopher Grimes (E De y Pe Erre)
Extra Niágara para la Amnesia de Christopher Grimes (E De y Pe Erre)
Extra Niágara para la Amnesia de Christopher Grimes (E De y Pe Erre)
ArtistVenezuelan, born Colombia, 1946–2003
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
  • Extra Niágara para la Amnesia de Christopher Grimes (E De y Pe Erre)
Date1998
PlaceVenezuela
MediumDurasol and red wool yarn
Dimensions80 × 256 in. (203.2 × 650.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Roy H. Cullen, Mary Cullen, Roy W. Cullen, Katherine E. Cullen, Melinda Cullen, Robert Cullen, Meredith Cullen, and Dana Harper in memory of Lillie Cullen
Object number2004.62.A-.P
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA]; sold to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–October 15, 2005.

"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.

"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.

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