George Gittoes
Bone Crushing Spider

Bone Crushing Spider

© George Gittoes

Bone Crushing Spider
Bone Crushing Spider
ArtistAustralian, born 1949
CultureAustralian
Titles
  • Bone Crushing Spider
  • from the series The Houston Suite
DateApril 1, 2011
Made inHouston, Texas, United States
MediumPen and ink on paper
Dimensions23 × 29 in. (58.4 × 73.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2011.770.5
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Calaveras Mexicanas:The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 13 - December 15, 2013.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink recto lower right: So What has Changed? [signature] Houston / APRIL 1 2011
Inscribed in ink upper right above text: Self Portrait in Texas / as a / Bone Crushing Spider
Signed in ink recto lower right: Gittoes
Impressed mark in a circle, recto lower left: STRATHMORE / 500 BRISTOL

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