Plastic Strip Word Painting
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
1968
Crayon on paper with plastic lettering strips affixed to page
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.141
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower left: Sonia Sheridan; dated, in graphite, lower right: 1968; inscribed, in horizontal plastic lettering strips, in image center: A LONG LUNCHROOM. ALONG NARROW TABLE / THROUGH THE SPLIT WINDOWS GOLDEN CALIFORNIA / WARM ROOM. WARM SUNNY ROOM / TREES THROUGH THE SPLIT WINDOWS / AT THE TABLE. LIKE THE LAST SUPPER / DEAR FRIENDS -ERIC STEARNE . LOUIS MILJARAK / AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE - CAROL PURDIE / DEAR FRIENDS FOREVER WITH ME
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #262: plastic strip word painting "A long lunch room..," crayon and plastic lettering strips on Arches paper, 1968
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