Por la Mesa de Mi Abuelita

Artist Willie Cole (American, 1955)

Date2006

Geographic OriginNew Brunswick, New Jersey

MediumPigmented handmade and embossed paper

DimensionsOverall: H 40 x W 40 in. (H 101.6 x W 101.6 cm)
Framed (measured for loan): H 45 1/8 x W 44 5/8 in. (H 114.6 x W 113.4 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 2009 Alberto Burri Memorial Fund established by Stanley J. Seeger

Object number2009.14

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Title Details

Artist title Por la Mesa de Mi Abuelita

Remarks Acquisition proposal

Primary Title For the Table of my Grandmother

Inscriptionsverso: u.r. graphite "WIIC [sic] 2K7"; u.r. corner graphite "BC 06-102 [small gold stamp] 7/10"ProvenanceThis piece was created by the artist at the Brodsky Center for Innovative Printmaking at Rutgers, i33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Newark Museum purchased it directly from the Brodsky Center.Exhibition HistoryThe Ballantine House, Made in Newark, The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey (November 17, 2023 - ongoing)
Brodsky Center's 2009 gala fundraiser auction

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