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2. The Chicken Laid an Egg Yesterday

A work made of chromogenic print and text, no. 2 from the portfolio "which came first? enlightenment #4" (1982).

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  • A work made of chromogenic print and text, no. 2 from the portfolio "which came first? enlightenment #4" (1982).

Date:

1982

Artist:

Celia Álvarez Muñoz
American, born 1937

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Celia Álvarez Muñoz

Title

2. The Chicken Laid an Egg Yesterday

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1982

Medium

Chromogenic print and text, No. 2 from the portfolio "Which Came First? Enlightenment #4" (1982)

Edition

3 of 5

Dimensions

Left image/paper: 12.8 × 17.7 cm (5 1/16 × 7 in.); Right image/paper: 12.8 × 17.8 cm (5 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Mount: 31.6 × 47.9 cm (12 1/2 × 18 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Lannan Foundation

Reference Number

1997.267.2

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