James Frederick Woell
Stop the War, I Want to Get Married

Stop the War, I Want to Get Married

© Estate of James Frederick Woell

Stop the War, I Want to Get Married
Stop the War, I Want to Get Married
ArtistAmerican, 1934–2015
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Stop the War, I Want to Get Married
Date1975
MediumCast brass
Dimensions3 5/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (9.2 × 7 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the bequest of Arthur Robson Jr. in honor of Claire and Robert T. Lober, the Art Colony Association, Inc., and the Decorative Arts Endowment
Object number2020.193.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
ProvenanceAcquired from the artist's estate, Deer Isle, Maine; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition History"J. Fred Woell: Art is an Accident," National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, March 13–June 12, 2015; Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, Summer 2015.

"J. Fred Woell: Mixed Media Sculpture 1967–1990," Wheeler Siedel Gallery, New York, November 1990.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink on paper label, bottom: STOP THE WAR / I WANT TO GET / MARRIED.
Signed and dated on bottom: J. FRED WOELL 1975

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