Diana Dopson
Ground Beetle

ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ground Beetle
Date2003
PlaceAustin, Texas, United States
MediumChromogenic prints, wax, and wood construction
DimensionsOpen: 7 × 18 1/2 × 1/2 in. (17.8 × 47 × 1.3 cm)
Closed: 7 × 9 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (17.8 × 23.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2008.740.A-.C
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoan Morgenstern, Houston; given to MFAH, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso frame/case, lower right: "Brota(?), box 36"
Signed in pencil on verso frame/case, lower right: " 1/3diana dopson 2003"
Circular brass tag "36" on a printed label on front exterior of case: "Ground BEETLE / O: Coleoptera, F: Tenebrionidae / TEXAS: TRAVIS Co. / + / Bamboo Leaf Litter / Bambusa sp., F: Gramineae / TEXAS: TRAVIS Co. / ________ / INTER. EXHIB. 2003"

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