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Path to Nirvana

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Path to Nirvana
Path to Nirvana
ArtistAmerican, 1918–2000
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Path to Nirvana
Datec. 1985
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 59 1/2 × 69 1/2 in. (151.1 × 176.5 cm)
Frame: 60 3/4 × 70 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (154.3 × 179.1 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William Woodford
Object number2020.228
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Meredith Long & Co., Houston]; William Woodford, Houston; bequeathed to MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition HistoryUnknown.
Published References See bibliography. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
N.A.
Recto: Signed in paint, right top edge: D. HOOD
N.A.
Catalogue raisonnéN.A.

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