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Sailor's Sleep
Sailor's Sleep
Sailor's Sleep
ArtistAmerican, 1918–1992
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sailor's Sleep
Date1942
MediumMimeograph on paper
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 6 1/8 in. (19.2 × 15.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 6 1/4 in. (20.3 × 15.8 cm)
Mat: 16 × 15 15/16 in. (40.6 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Culwell Collins
Object number2025.777
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1942-1992; by descent to Elizabeth Culwell Collins, daughter of the artist, 1992-2025; given to MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition Historynone known
Published References none known Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Titled, dated, and signed in black ink, center-lower right edge: SAILOR'S SLEEP - 1942 BLC BLC
Recto: Inscribed in black ink, bottom right corner: mimeograph [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]

Recto: Titled, dated, and signed in black ink, center-lower right edge: SAILOR'S SLEEP - 1942 BLC BLC
Recto: Inscribed in black ink, bottom right corner: mimeograph [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
none known
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