Julie Mehretu
Entropia: Construction

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Artist Julie Mehretu (American, born Ethiopia, 1970)American, born Ethiopia, 1970

PrinterPrinted by Highpoint Center for Printmaking (Minneapolis, established 2001)Minneapolis, established 2001

PublisherPublished by Highpoint Editions (Minneapolis)Minneapolis

CultureAmerican

Titles

Entropia: Construction

Date2005

MediumLithograph, printed chine collé on gampi paper, on Somerset Satin paper, edition 10/30

DimensionsComposition: 29 1/2 × 39 3/4 in. (74.9 × 101 cm)
Sheet: 40 1/8 × 49 7/8 in. (101.9 × 126.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawing Endowment

Object number2005.973

Not on view

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PRINTS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Part II)," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 2008–January 11, 2009.

"Urban Impressions: Experiencing the Global Contemporary Metropolis," Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, September 16–December 17, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in pencil lower left below the image on the mount: "10/30"

NOT titled lower center margin (contrary to print documentation record)

Marked in pencil on the mount, lower right below the image: "Mehretu 2005"

Printer's chop, recto lower left on the mount

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