Lance Letscher
Bird Trap

Bird Trap

© Lance Letscher, courtesy McMurtrey Gallery

Bird Trap
Bird Trap
ArtistAmerican, born 1962
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bird Trap
Date2012
PlaceUnited States
MediumCollage of cut-and-pasted printed paper and paper, and graphite on paper, mounted on Masonite
Dimensions16 × 20 1/8 × 3/8 in. (40.6 × 51.1 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Sara Paschall Dodd and friends in memory of James Harlan Paschall
Object number2014.739
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist, 2012; [McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, by 2012-2014]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Lance Letscher: Woodpecker Monologue," McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas, October 20–November 21, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed label on verso of frame: Lance Letscher / Bird Trap / Image Size 16 x 20 / 2012 / Framed with OP-3 acrylic for U.V. protection

Printed label on verso of frame: Lance Letscher / Bird Trap / collage on masonite / 16" x 20" / LL 453 / MCMURTREY GALLERY / 3508 Lake Street, Houston, Texas 77098 713 523-8238 fax 713 523-0932

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