Elizabeth Murray
1, 2, 3!

1, 2, 3!

© The Murray-Holman Family Trust/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1, 2, 3!
1, 2, 3!
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 1, 2, 3!
Date1984
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions118 × 112 × 9 in. (299.7 × 284.5 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida
Object number2007.624
Not on view

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Provenance[Paula Cooper, Inc., New York]; Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles, September 4, 1984–2007; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.

Exhibition History"The Edward R. Broida Collection: A Selection of Works," Orlando Museum of Art, March 12–June 21, 1998.

"Selections from the Edward R. Broida Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 13–October 15, 2005.

"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2007–March 2, 2008.

"Wild Life: Elizabeth Murray & Jessi Reaves," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, January 21–May 16, 2021; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, September 4, 2021–January 9, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso canvas: "1 2 3 ! / (signature) / Jan-Feb 1984"

Marked on the verso stretcher of each piece: "1 2 3"

Marked in pencil on verso stretcher: "PIGMENTS: / TABLE - / REMBRANDT - ... / SPOON - / ... / SHADOWS / ... / CHAIR / ... "
Signed on verso canvas: "Elizabeth Murray"
Printed label on the back of each (4) canvases:
"PAULA COOPER GALLERY / 155 WOOSTER STREET NEW YORK 212 674-0766 / ELIZABETH MURRAY / 1, 2, 3, 1984 / oil on canvas / ... / (EM 191) / ... "

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