The Double Entendre
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
about 1974-1975
Ink on paper
Sheet: 11 × 8 11/16 in. (28 × 22 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.250
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: c. 74-75; inscribed, in ink, in image: The double entendre is the mirror image / hear / is the other side of time / ear velvet / purple velvet hear ear hear / velvet ear ear / velvet ear ear hear / violet echo echo echo oo / night light / ear ...hear ...velvet ear .. hear .. velvet
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #409: "The double entendre in the mirror image..." ink on architect's linen c. 1974-75
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