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Hanging from a Mangled Sky
Hanging from a Mangled Sky
ArtistAmerican, born 1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Hanging from a Mangled Sky
Date2024
MediumSilverpoint and watercolor 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 number2026.65
Non exposé

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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: Inscribed in silverpoint, bottom right corner: JUST A LITTLE TASTE // HANGING FROM // A MANGLED SKY
Recto: Signed and dated in silverpoint, right bottom edge: James Drake [cursive] 2024
Arches 300 LB Aquarelle wove paper
Bottom right: ARCHES ∞ FRANCE AQUARELLE // Top right: 275
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