id:			378931
accession number:	2020.64
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.64
updated:		2025-06-15 11:01:35.672000

El manto negro / The black shroud, 2020. Teresa Margolles (Mexican, b. 1963). 1,600 burnished ceramic pieces; each approximately: 10.5 x 11 x 3.5 cm (4 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller, 2020.64. © Teresa Margolles

title:				El manto negro / The black shroud
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creation date:			2020
creation date earliest:		2020
creation date latest:		2020
current location:		229B Contemporary
creditline:			Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller
copyright:			© Teresa Margolles

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culture:	Mexico
technique:	1,600 burnished ceramic pieces
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Teresa Margolles (Mexican, b. 1963)  - artist

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measurements: Each approximately: 10.5 x 11 x 3.5 cm (4 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
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edition of the work: 	Edition of 3

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Contemporary Installation
	opening date:   2021-04-12T04:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Installation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Yablonsky, Linda, “The art world is reborn in Tribeca,” <em>The Art Newspaper</em>, January 20, 2020.
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	url:		https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/01/20/the-art-world-is-reborn-in-tribeca

	Fateman, Johanna, “Teresa Margolles,” <em>4Columns</em>, January 24, 2020.
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	url:		https://www.4columns.org/fateman-johanna/teresa-margolles

	García, Beatriz, “Las muertes violentas de Teresa Margolles, una artista mexicana en la escena del crimen,” <em>Al Día</em>, February 7, 2020.
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	url:		https://www.aldianews.com/es/culture/patrimonio-e-historia/en-la-escena-del-crimen#:~:text=Las%20muertes%20violentas%20de%20Teresa%20Margolles%2C%20una%20artista,problema%20no%20son%20los%20muertos%2C%20sino%20los%20vivos.

	"New Take on the New: A comprehensive reinstallation of the galleries of contemporary art offers fresh viewpoints on the art of our time.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): Cover, 4-9.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 6-7; Mentioned: P. 4, 6.
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	"Meet Your Membership Team.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 65, no. 1 (2025): 36-37.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 37.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM-2025-01

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