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Burning Brain

Burning Brain
Burning Brain
ArtistAmerican, born 1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Burning Brain
Date2024
MediumSilverpoint with scratching on wove paper prepared with gesso ground
DimensionsSheet: 22 3/4 × 15 1/4 in. (57.8 × 38.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Susan Foote and Stephen Feinberg
Object number2026.60
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist and [Moody Gallery, Houston], 2024-2025; purchased by MFAH, 2025
Exhibition History“Silver and Gold: Metalpoints for Colleen,” Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans, May3-July 12, 2025.
Published References none Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Titled in silverpoint, left bottom edge: burning brain [cursive]
Recto: Signed and dated in silverpoint, center bottom edge: James Drake [cursive] 2024
Arches 300 LB Aquarelle wove paper
Watermark: Bottom right: ARCHES ∞ FRANCE AQUARELLE // Top right: 275
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