Bert Samples
The Aquatic Saracen

The Aquatic Saracen
ArtistAmerican, born 1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Aquatic Saracen
Date1985
MediumCharcoal with stumping and erasing, brush and ink, and pen and ink on wove paper
Dimensions29 7/8 × 39 1/2 in. (75.9 × 100.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by friends of the artist, and partial gift of the artist, in memory of his father
Object number2010.1970
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Contemporary Artists in Houston from the Collections of William J. Hill and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Glassell School of Art, August 3–November 11, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible marks or inscriptions - framed
Signed in the image, lower right: Bert

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