Thornton Dial, Sr.
The Man That Left Home Walking and Came Back Riding

The Man That Left Home Walking and Came Back Riding

© Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Man That Left Home Walking and Came Back Riding
The Man That Left Home Walking and Came Back Riding
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Man That Left Home Walking and Came Back Riding
Date1994
PlaceUnited States
MediumSteel frame, textiles including cotton and nylon hose, latex rubber gloves, leather, string, brass zipper, polyester resin putty, and latex house paint
Dimensions44 × 26 × 42 in. (111.8 × 66 × 106.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2003.694
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; William S. Arnett [1939-2020], Atlanta; Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta; purchased by the MFAH, 2003.

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