"Here Lies Sonia's Left Thumb..."
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
January 20, 1978
Ink and wash on paper
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (27.5 × 19.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.420
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed and dated, in ink, in image center: JAN, 1978. HERE LIES SONIA'S LEFT THUMB.... / BURIED FOR MURDEROUS / INTENT / The fingerprint is / a repeat of the brain's / structure. When the print is thus [symbol] an aberration / occurs and murder may / result. Why? See my left / thumb print.; dated, in ink, in image lower right: 1.20.1978; signed, in graphite, lower left: Sonia Sheridan
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #477: "Here lies Sonia's left thumb..." ink on Arches paper, 1/20/78
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