Robert Arneson
Brick

Brick

© Estate of Robert Arneson / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Brick
Brick
ArtistAmerican, 1930–1992
Print studioChicago
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Brick
Date1979
PlaceUnited States
MediumEtching and aquatint in colors on wove paper, edition 9/20
DimensionsPlate: 4 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (11.4 × 22.2 cm)
 Sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 in. (26.7 × 38.1 cm)
 Frame (outer): 14 3/4 × 18 1/4 in. (37.5 × 46.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.2022
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, by November 2001]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, Potomac, Maryland, by 2010; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–May 26, 2014; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 6, 2014–February 22, 2015; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, August 27–October 25, 2015.

"display outside - Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design gallery" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 19, 2023-March 3, 2024 [Fifth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 206: No Catalog]


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
In pencil, lower left: "9/20"

In the decoration: "ARNESON"

Printed on a label on the back: "Robert Arneson / Flat Brick / 1979, Etching, 9/20 / 10 1/2" X 15" / RA 170 / $800 / JOHN NATSOULAS GALLERY / 521 First Street Davis, CA 95616 / 530.756.3938/fax 530.756.3961"
Lower right: Arneson '79
Embossed in lower left corner: "[square symbol]" "©"

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