Nancy Graves
Canoptic Prestidigitation

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Canoptic Prestidigitation
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ArtistAmerican, 1939–1995
Print studioUniversity of South Florida, Tampa
PublisherUniversity of South Florida, Tampa
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Canoptic Prestidigitation
Date1990
Published inTampa, Florida, United States
Printed inTampa, Florida, United States
MediumLithograph in colors, printed chine collé, on white wove paper and cast paper collage from pulp with gold leaf, artist's proof 4/10
DimensionsSheet: 36 1/2 × 74 1/2 in. (92.7 × 189.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Renée and Stanford Wallace
Object number2016.88
Not on view

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Provenance[Meredith Long & Company, Houston (inv. no. G33736)]; purchased by Renee and Stanford Wallace, Houston; given to MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and inscribed in graphite, left lower edge: AP 4/10 GRAVES ‘90

Inscribed in ink on verso backboard: G 33736

Verso of print: [inaccessible]

Recto: Signed and inscribed in graphite, left lower edge: AP 4/10 GRAVES ‘90
Verso: [inaccessible]
Printed gallery label on verso backboard:
[logo] G 33736 / Artist Nancy Graves / Title Canoptic Prestidigitation / Size AP 4/10 36 1/2 x 74 1/2 Medium lithograph / Price / MEREDITH LONG & COMPANY / 2323 San Felipe Road Houston Texas 77019

Recto:Embossed chopmark, lower left [sunburst]

Verso print: [inaccessible]

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