James Surls
Working by the Mirror Tree...

Working by the Mirror Tree...

© James Surls

Working by the Mirror Tree...
Working by the Mirror Tree...
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Working by the Mirror Tree...
Date1977
PlaceSplendora, Texas, United States
MediumGraphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 23 1/8 × 29 1/16 in. (58.7 × 73.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Christie's Appraisal Weekend
Object number85.11
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Drawings by James Surls," Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, May 6 - June 30, 1986(LN:86.17)

"Schemata: Drawings by Sculptors," Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas, December 12, 1996- February 16,1997

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto lower left in marker: Working / by the / mirror tree / Nov 28, 77
verso lower right in pencil: 22210 / 74x58IP
recto bottom left below inscription in marker: James Surls

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