David Welch
Beer Can Totem

ArtistAmerican, born 1978
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Beer Can Totem
  • from the series Material World
Date2011
PlaceUnited States
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Sheet: 22 7/8 × 16 7/8 in. (58.1 × 42.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour
Object number2011.659
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Edgartown, Massachusetts; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso lower right: "Beer Can Totem" - Material World Series
Signed in pencil on verso lower right: DWelch '11

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