D-L Alvarez
Marionettes

Marionettes
Marionettes
Marionettes
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Marionettes
Date1999
MediumGraphite on white wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (34.9 × 34.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lee Godfrey and Donald W. Short in honor of Harry Reasoner at "One Great Night in November, 2012"
Object number2013.3
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; [to Derek Eller Gallery, New York, October 2012]; purchased by MFAH, October 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, left to right in pencil: Flotsam Belgian Draught vs. Noriken / Marionettes Jetsam
Printed labels on verso backboard:

DEREK ELLER GALLERY / 615 West 27th Street New York, NY 10001 / D-L Alvarez / Marionettes, 1999 / graphite on paper / 13.5 x 13.5 inches / DA092612_2

J O H N B E R G G R U E N G A L L E R Y / 228 GRANT AVENUE • SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 / D-L Alvarez / Marionettes 1999 / graphite and collage on paper / 13 1/2" x 13 1/2" / DA990014

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