Jules Olitski
Roving Bison

Roving Bison

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Roving Bison
Roving Bison
ArtistAmerican, 1922–2007
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Roving Bison
Date1996
PlaceUnited States
MediumPastel on rag paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 × 10 1/8 in. (20.3 × 25.7 cm)
Mount: 13 1/2 × 15 7/16 in. (34.3 × 39.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by John H. Adger, M. Robert Dussler, C. Berdon Lawrence, Leo Linbeck, Jr., Richard Lydecker, R. Cary McNair, Steve Patterson, and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. in honor of Robert C. McNair at "One Great Night in November, 1998"
Object number98.593
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Fear and Wonder: Sublime Landscapes on Paper – Selections from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 12–August 4, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: The mount is inscribed in pencil, verso: "Jules Olitski / Roving Bison / 8" x 10" / LS-96-18-2 / 1996 / pastel on all rag paper".
The drawing is signed in brown, recto, lower right: "Olitski".

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