1997.97: Monsieur Mundele (Mr. White Man)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1997.97

People

José Bedia, Cuban (Havana, Cuba born 1959)

Title

Monsieur Mundele (Mr. White Man)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1995

Culture

Cuban

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/280528

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal, black and white acrylic and applied photocopy on white wove paper

Dimensions

96.3 x 126.4 cm (37 15/16 x 49 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: J Bedia 95
• inscription: bottom, white acrylic: MONSIEUR MUNDELE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[George Adams Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund

Accession Year

1997

Object Number

1997.97

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• [Reproduction only], Exposé (Essays from the Harvard Expository Writing Program), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1996 - 1997)., repr. p. 3
• Judith Bettelheim, José Bedia: Mi Escencialismo, exh. cat., Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland, 1996), repr. p. 36

Exhibition History

• José Bedia: Mi Esencialismo, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, 01/19/1996 - 02/17/1996; Pori Art Museum, Eteläranta, 02/29/1996 - 04/08/1996; George Adams Gallery, New York, 05/10/1996 - 06/07/1996
• A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings from 1940 to 2000, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/03/2000 - 08/27/2000

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