Peter Milton
A Sky Blue Life

A Sky Blue Life

© Peter Milton / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

A Sky Blue Life
A Sky Blue Life
ArtistAmerican, born 1930
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Sky Blue Life
Date1976
MediumPhotoetching and engraving on wove paper, state IV/IV, edition 10/160
DimensionsPlate: 26 × 33 in. (66 × 83.8 cm)
Sheet: 30 11/16 × 42 1/2 in. (78 × 108 cm)
Credit LineGift of Harry Adams
Object number2019.635
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA, 1976]; Harry Adams, 1976-2019; given to MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, bottom left: 10 /160
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, bottom center: A SKY-BLUE LIFE
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, bottom right: PM Milton 76 [cursive]
Recto: Chopmark, below plate, bottom left: [two unidentified]
Catalogue raisonnéMcNulty; Johnson-Milton

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