Sydney Yeager
Containers & Ropes

Containers & Ropes
Containers & Ropes
Containers & Ropes
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
Print studioAustin
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Containers & Ropes
Date1991
Printed inAustin, Texas, United States
MediumEtching and photoetching with roulette, printed chine collé, on wove paper, edition 5/15
DimensionsPlate: 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 11 in. (38.1 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour in honor of Eleanor D. (Roni) McMurtry
Object number2015.483
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; to Clinton T. Willour, 1992; to the MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"40 Years of Discovery: Gifts of Clint Willour," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 9–October 14, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, left: Containers & Ropes
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, center: 5/15
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, right: S.P. Yeager
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, right: S.P. Yeager
Recto: Chopmark, lower right: [rectangle encircled] [Flatbed Press chop]

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