Robert Pruitt
Illicit Magic and Secret Arts: Me Love You Long Time

Illicit Magic and Secret Arts: Me Love You Long Time
Illicit Magic and Secret Arts: Me Love You Long Time
Illicit Magic and Secret Arts: Me Love You Long Time
ArtistAmerican, born 1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Illicit Magic and Secret Arts: Me Love You Long Time
Date2004
MediumConté crayon on butcher paper
Dimensions84 × 36 1/2 in. (213.4 × 92.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Andrew Echols, John Evatz, Michael Gamson, Mark Grierson, Michael Holthouse, John P. Kotts, Kevin Lilly, Leo Linbeck III, Michael Plank, Eric Pulaski and Dr. John Thrash in honor of Margaret C. Skidmore at "One Great Night in November, 2004", and by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2004.1668
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Frequency," Studio Museum Harlem, New York, November 9, 2005–March 12, 2006.

"Perspectives 154: Robert Pruitt," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, December 15, 2006–February 18, 2007.

"Houston Collects: African American Art," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 31–October 26, 2008.

"Statements: African American Art from the Museum's Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 24–May 23, 2016.

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