Artist
Gregori Maiofis(Russian, born 1970)Russian, born 1970
CultureRussian
Titles
- Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows
- from the series Proverbs
Date2005
MediumBromoil print
DimensionsImage: 19 1/4 × 20 1/8 in. (48.9 × 51.1 cm)
Sheet: 23 × 21 7/8 in. (58.4 × 55.6 cm)
Sheet: 23 × 21 7/8 in. (58.4 × 55.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2008
Object number2009.5
Not on view
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Photo Forum 2008," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, September 24, 2008 - January 12, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower right: "POLITICS MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS / UNIQUE BROMOIL VARIATION ON '79 "SLAVICH" paper / 1/1 2003 / (signatures)"
Signed in pencil on verso lower right in Russian and English: "Maiofis"
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