The Importance of Being Evergreen

Contemporary Art

1980

Nicolas Moufarrege
Lebanese, 1949–1985

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Contemporary Art

Artist: Nicolas Moufarrege
Title: The Importance of Being Evergreen
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1980
Medium: Thread and pigment on embroidery fabric
Dimensions: 111.7 × 162.5 cm (44 × 64 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Eric Ceputis and David W. Williams and Mary Jo and Doug Basler
Reference Number: 2020.252
Copyright: © 1980 Nicolas Moufarrege

Tim Greenhouse, Nicolas A. Moufarrege, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc.; The Clocktower, 1987), 10, 15 (color ill.), 39 (color ill.).
Jennifer Kikoler, Etel Adnan, Dean Daderko, and Kaleen Wilson–Goldie, Nicolas Moufarrege: Recognize My Sign, exh. cat. (Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 2018), 3 (color ill.), 8 (color ill.), 60.

New York, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., Clocktower Gallery, Nicolas Moufarrege, May 28 to June 28, 1987 (extended to July 12), no cat. no.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Nicolas Moufarrege: Recognize My Sign, Nov. 10, 2018–Feb. 17, 2019, no cat. no.; New York, Queens Museum, Oct. 6, 2019–Feb. 23, 2020.

The artist (died 1985); by descent to his family; transferred to N3M Holding LLC, Shreveport, LA, February, 2020; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, September 15, 2020.

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