the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down (Act III, Sc. C)
Robert Wilson, American, born 1941
1983
Graphite on paper
Image: 6 × 24 in. (15.2 × 61 cm)
Frame: 14 × 31 3/4 in. (35.5 × 80.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk
2011.63.13
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, bottom right: Robert [illegible] ‘83
Exhibition History
"Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother, John T. Kirk, and the Hood Museum of Art", Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 22-December 6, 2015.
Publication History
Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother, John T. Kirk, and the Hood Museum of Art, with contributions by Katherine Hart, Michael R. Taylor, John O'Reilly and James Tellin, Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2015, p. 136, no. 115.
Provenance
Paual Cooper Gallery, New York, New York; sold to Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 2011.
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