Night Lab
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
February 24, 1976
Ink and wash on paper
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 6 7/16 in. (25.2 × 16.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.429
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in ink, in image: DAY, DATA, DATA, DAY, DATE, DATA, DAY / DATA, DATA, DATA, TIME, DAY, DATA, DATA, / DATA, DATA, DID, DATA, DATA, DATA, DAY / DAY DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, / DATA, DATA, DADA, DATA, DAY, DATA, / DAY, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DAY / DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DAY / DAY DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, / DATA, DATA, DAY, DATA, [symbol]AY, DATA, / DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, / DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, / DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, / DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DAY / DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA / DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DAAY / DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA, DAY; inscribed and dated, in ink, below image center: To gain new insights run a lab / at night instead of day, Doug... / 2.23 [crossed-out] 4.76 / 3 AM; 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 #428: "to gain new insights run a lab at night instead of day, Doug..." 2/24/76 3AM [Note: "Doug" is Douglas Dybvig, 3M scientist with whom Sheridan worked closely for many years]
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