Artist
Alice Aycock (American, born 1946)American, born 1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Tower of Babel
Date1985
MediumWatercolor, gouache, metallic pigment, pastel and graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 44 1/2 × 30 1/4 in. (113 × 76.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sue Rowan Pittman
Object number91.1886
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Drawn to Three Dimensions," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Feb. 4, 2023-July 23, 2023 [Fourth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: Towel of Babel // Project for Sue // Pittman's Farm// Texas, 1985 // Alice Aycock // 1985
Signed and dated in lower right corner of sheet.
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