Jim Hodges
If there had been a pool it would have reflected us

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© Jim Hodges, Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco

If there had been a pool it would have reflected us
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ArtistAmerican, born 1957
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • If there had been a pool it would have reflected us
Date1998
PlaceUnited States
MediumWool, Peter Norton Family Christmas Edition
Dimensions52 × 72 in. (132.1 × 182.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number98.599
Non exposé

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ProvenanceGiven to MFAH, 1998.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: There is a label on the verso of the blanket, corner between the words "it" and "would": Norton Family / Christmas Project / 1998 / by / Jim Hodges". The blanket was delivered and is stored in a mylar bag on which is printed: "The Peter Norton Family / Christmas Project / 1998 / by Jim Hodges" On the verso of the mylar bag is printed: "Design consultant Bethany Johns / woven by Anichini Inc., Tunbridge, VT and Milan, Italy / Assembled and fulfilled by Marketing Techniques, Inc., Carlsbad, CA". The blanket was delivered and is stored in the original shipping box with specially designed shipping label addressed to Peter Marzio.
The blanket is unsigned.

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