Mary Merkel-Hess
Tyro

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tyro
  • from the series Seed Head
Date1989
MediumPaper, wood, and acrylic
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 × 19 1/4 in. (31.8 × 48.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol Straus
Object number2009.1169
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico]; acquired by Carol Straus, 1989; given to MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in ink on underside: "Mary Merkel-Hess / 1989"

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