John Alexander
Swamp Song

Swamp Song

© John Alexander

Swamp Song
Swamp Song
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Swamp Song
Date1986
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions77 × 83 1/8 in. (195.6 × 211.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Yale University Art Gallery; bequest of the Winifred T. Carter Trust, Clive Runnells III and Helen Runnells DuBois, Trustees
Object number2003.308
Non exposé

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ProvenanceEstate of Winifed T. Carter; [Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven]; given to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition HistoryAcquisitions in the Last Five Years: Texas Art Highlights, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Level Millenium Hallway, June 3, 2005 - October 9, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso upper right under signature: "05771086 / 77 x 83 OIL ON CANVAS / 'SWAMP SONG' "
Signed recto lower right and verso upper right: "John Alexander '"
Back label on verso center stretcher from Marlborough, N.Y.C.: "...Swamp Song 1986..."

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