Albert Chong
Self-Portrait with Baboon Skull

ArtistJamaican, born 1958
CultureJamaican
Titles
  • Self-Portrait with Baboon Skull
Date1995
PlaceSyracuse, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2006.1201
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Light Work, Syracuse, New York]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, 1996; given to MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition History"Self, Model, and Self as Other," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,13 July – 29 September, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso center: "Self-Portrait With Baboon Skull 1995 / 11/40 / (signature) / 8/14/95 / 8:35 pm EST / Syracuse N.Y. / For Lightwork "
verso center of sheet in pencil: "Albert V. Chong"

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