The Art Guys
Bonded Activity #47 With Drawing

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Artist The Art Guys (American)American

Artist Michael Galbreth (American, 1956–2019)American, 1956–2019

Artist Jack Massing (American, born 1959)American, born 1959

CultureAmerican

Titles

Bonded Activity #47 With Drawing

Date1993

MediumGraphite on wove paper with two pencil spheres

DimensionsSheet (.A): 22 3/8 × 29 7/8 in. (56.8 × 75.9 cm)
Frame (.A): 24 3/4 × 32 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (62.9 × 81.9 × 3.2 cm)
Eraser Ball (.B): 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Pencil Ball (.C): 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Shelves (each): 13/16 × 8 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (2.1 × 22.2 × 18.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Victoria and Marshal Lightman

Object number2021.166.A-.C

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Prints and Drawings

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WORKS ON PAPER

ProvenanceThe Art Guys, 1993; Victoria and Marshal Lightman; given to MFAH 2021
Exhibition HistoryThe Art Guys: Think Twice, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso of frame: Inscribed in ink: BONDED ACTIVITY #47 / 1993

Verso of frame: Stamped: ART / GUYS / ART / official / approved [roundel]
Verso of frame: Stamped: FRAME TEK / 713-862-4747
Watermark: Recto bottom right: BFK RIVES // FRANCE ∞

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