"Velvet soft ear hear, velvet soft ear hear"
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
January 12, 1975
Ink and colored pencil on paper
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (27.5 × 19 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.439
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in ink, lower right: 25 25 / Sonya Landy; dated, in ink, lower right: 1.12.75; inscribed, in ink, in image center: Velvet soft ear hear, velvet ear soft hear / soft, soft velvet face, Ear, face / cream lace....velvet Ear, cream / face ... SWEET Ear, soft hear, / velvet ear, hear. / Peau de velours....sweet soft / velvet ear, purple soft velvet ear, hear soft Ear velvet soft ear. / Night ears velvet / soft, night fears / velvet tears soft / soft tears
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #424: "Velvet soft ear hear, velvet soft ear hear", black ink, 1.12.75
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