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ArtistAmerican, 1956–1989
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mother Father
Datec. 1988
MediumGouache, acrylic, ink and graphite with thread and torn-and-pasted paper on tan colored wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 15 1/2 × 11 7/8 in. (39.4 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Victoria Lightman in memory of Marshal Lightman
Object number2019.626
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Marshal and Victoria Lightman, 1989-2019; given to MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower left: father-mother [cursive]
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, lower right: James Reaben 88 [cursive]

Verso: [inaccessible]

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