Mary Merkel-Hess
Box with Sycamore Leaves

Box with Sycamore Leaves

© Mary Merkel-Hess

Box with Sycamore Leaves
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Box with Sycamore Leaves
Date1997
MediumSycamore leaves and abaca paper
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2in. (33 × 26.7 × 26.7cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol Straus
Object number2009.1159
Non exposé

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Provenance[browngrotta arts, Wilton, Connecticut]; acquired by Carol Straus, 1997; given to MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
underside in black ink " Mary Merkel-Hess "
underside in black ink " (signature) / 1997 "

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