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Robert Wilson, American, born 1941

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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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