Artist
Sam Messenger(British, born 1980)British, born 1980
CultureBritish
Titles
- Veil from Alnilam
Date2013
MediumPigment, ink, and rainwater
DimensionsSheet: 18 × 18 in. (45.7 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Art + Paper 2014
Object number2014.164
Non exposé
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Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition History“Line: Making the Mark,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 12, 2014–March 22, 2015.
"Line Into Space," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 312: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed label on verso of frame: DAVIDSON CONTEMPORARY / 724 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10019 / Sam Messenger / VEIL FROM ALNILAM / 2013 / Pigment and ink on paper / 18 x 18 inches / 46 x 46 cm / 9213 / T: 212 759 7555 F: 212 759 5824
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