The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Australia)

Artist Yinka Shonibare (British, 1962)

Photographer Yinka Shonibare (British, 1962)

Date2008

Geographic OriginNigeria

DimensionsFramed: H 81 1/2 x W 58 x D 2 1/2 in. (H 207 x W 147.3 x D 6.4 cm)
Image: H 72 x W 49 13/16 in. (H 182.9 x W 126.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Patricia Bell, 2010

Object number2010.49.1

Copyright© Yinka Shonibare CBE, RA / Courtesy of James Cohan Gallery, New York and Shanghai (Note* original credit line stated 'Yinka Shonibare MBE'. This has been updated in 2022 to reflect the artist's new title).

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Artist title The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Australia)

ProvenancePat Bell, South Orange, New Jersey, 2009-2010.Exhibition History"Present Tense: Arts of Contemporary Africa," permanent installation, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (installed 2011).
Exhibited in "Prospero's Monsters," at James Cohan Gallery, NYC, from April 17 to May 17, 2008.

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