Melissa Miller
Big Owl, Little Owl and Spiral Galaxies

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© Melissa W. Miller

Big Owl, Little Owl and Spiral Galaxies
image provided by MFAH conservation department
ArtistAmerican, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Big Owl, Little Owl and Spiral Galaxies
Date1996
MediumWatercolor on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 41 15/16 × 29 3/4 in. (106.5 × 75.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Renée and Stanford Wallace
Object number2016.186
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceRenée and Stanford Wallace, Houston, by 2016; given to MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in blue paint, in image, bottom right corner: Miller
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in blue paint, in image, bottom right corner: Miller
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Watermark, top right corner: AQUARELLE ARCHES [curved at corner]
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