Artist
William Baziotes (American, 1912–1963)American, 1912–1963
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Snake
Date1957
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumWatercolor and chalk on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 18 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (47.6 × 35.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment
Object number2000.124
Non exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"American Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper 1940s-1960s," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 20, 2015—February 7, 2016.
"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The drawing is inscribed in pencil, verso: "Top / Snake / 1957 / D"
The drawing is signed in pencil, recto, lower right: "Baziotes" and again in the upper left (though partially erased) "Baziotes".
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