Sean Mellyn
Nite Light/White Light

Artist Sean Mellyn(American, born 1965)American, born 1965

CultureAmerican

Titles

Nite Light/White Light

Date1998

MediumPhoto-transfer, graphite, and gouache on paper triptych

DimensionsA) sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (23.5 × 20.0 cm)
B) sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (23.5 × 20.0 cm)
C) sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (25.1 × 22.2 cm)
ea. frame: 12 13/16 × 11 11/16 (32.5 × 29.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of Carol and Charles Johnston

Object number2001.207.A-.C

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Lawing Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Label on verso: "L A W I N G/Sean Mellyn/Nite Light/White Light 1998/phototransfer, graphite & gouache on paper/9 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches (left)/9 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches (center)/8 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches (right)/214 TRAVIS STREET HOUSTON 77062/TEL 713-222-2025 FAX 713-222-2050"

Label on verso lower center: "ARTIST/SERVICES/713-664-3302"

A,B) Marked in pencil lower left and C) marked in pencil lower right: "SM '98"

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