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Probe

Probe

© The Estate of Mildred Thompson, courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York

Probe
Probe
ArtistAmerican, 1935–2003
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Probe
  • from the Architectural Studies series
Date1973
Printed inDüren, Germany
MediumDrypoint and etching on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 13/16 × 13 in. (19.8 × 33 cm)
 Frame: 14 × 17 7/16 × 1 1/2 in. (35.6 × 44.3 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment
Object number2021.324
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1973; [Galerie LeLong, New York, 2021]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition History"'Vital and Abundant Talent': 20th-Century Abstract Women Artists" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Sept. 7, 2024-March 9,2025 [Seventh Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, bottom left corner: probe
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, center bottom edge: Mildred Thompson [cursive] 1973 Düren
Verso: [inaccessible]

Recto: Signed and dated below plate, center: Mildred Thompson [cursive] 1973 Düren
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]

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