Close Your Eyes

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Artist James Drake (American, born 1946)American, born 1946

CultureAmerican

Titles

Close Your Eyes

Date2024

MediumGoldpoint, collage, and ink on gessoed wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 11 5/8 × 15 1/4 in. (29.5 × 38.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Susan Foote and Stephen Feinberg

Object number2026.67

Non exposé

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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 graphite, upper right: CLOSE YOUR EYES // WHAT ARE THOSE FLIRTATIOUS LINES // WINKING THROUGH YOUR MIND // LEFT OVER TRANSLUCENT FORMATIONS // FROM A RECENT MEMORY // HANGING NEONS OF THE FUTURE // A QUIET VIOLET QUIVERING // FOR AN INSTANT

Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, center bottom edge: James Drake [cursive] 2024

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