Ken Cory
"Blimp" Wall piece

"Blimp" Wall piece

© Ken Cory and Les LePere, aka the Pencil Brothers

"Blimp" Wall piece
"Blimp" Wall piece
ArtistAmerican, 1943–1994
ArtistAmerican, 1946–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Blimp" Wall piece
Date1971
MediumEnamel on copper, Plexiglas, colored pencil, and ink
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 × 4 7/16 × 1 in. (10.8 × 11.3 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3692
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Inaugural Exhibition," Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, February 22–May 1, 1974.

"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"ART TEAM / 1971" stamped on back near hanging wire.

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