sliderarrowCloseMenushare_facebookshare_instagramshare_xshare_linkedinshare_threadsshare_shareshare_tranditionalshare_calendarshare_emailicon_threadsconnect_facebookconnect_instagramconnect_xconnect_youtubeconnect_atbtn_arrowhamburger-x
Skip to main content
Collections Menu

Probe

Probe

© The Estate of Mildred Thompson, courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York

Probe
Probe
ArtistAmerican, 1935–2003
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Probe
  • from the Architectural Studies series
Date1973
Printed inDüren, Germany
MediumDrypoint and roulette in colors with relief on wove paper
DimensionsPlate (irregular): 12 1/8 × 14 5/8 in. (30.8 × 37.1 cm)
 Sheet (irregular): 12 15/16 × 15 3/8 in. (32.9 × 39.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment
Object number2021.325
Not on view

Explore Further

Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1973; [Galerie LeLong, New York, 2021]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition History"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed below plate, left: 9 [circled] probe
Recto: Signed and dated below plate, right: Mildred Thompson [cursive] 1973 Düren
Verso: [none]

Recto: Signed and dated below plate, right: Mildred Thompson [cursive] 1973 Düren
Verso: [none]
Recto: [none]
Verso: [none]

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Probe
Mildred Thompson
Probe
1973
Drypoint and etching on wove paper
2021.324
Advancing Impulses 36
Mildred Thompson
Advancing Impulses 36
1999
Screenprint in colors on wove paper, edition 29/40
2025.291
Helio Centric IV
Mildred Thompson
Helio Centric IV
1993
Intaglio vitreograph on wove paper, edition 1/20
2025.290
Helio Centric III
Mildred Thompson
Helio Centric III
1993
Intaglio vitreograph on wove paper, edition 1/20
2025.289
Match Girl
Kiki Smith
Match Girl
1999
Etching in colors, with aquatint, drypoint, and roulette on Losiny cotton and linen handmade laid paper, edition 67/200
2000.50
Proof of second state of black plate and only state of brown plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
Sandro Chia
Proof of second state of black plate and only state of brown plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
1981
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette, scraping and open-bite with asphaltum in colors
96.140
Proof of second state of black plate and first state of red plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
Sandro Chia
Proof of second state of black plate and first state of red plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
1981
Drypoint and roulette in colors
96.139
Proof of first state of black and red plates, with addition of brown tone plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
Sandro Chia
Proof of first state of black and red plates, with addition of brown tone plate for L'artificio (Artifice)
1981
Aquatint, drypoint, roulette, scraping and open-bite with asphaltum in colors
96.138
Untitled
Alfredo Zalce
Untitled
1947
Etching in colors with roulette inked à la poupée on wove paper
2007.86
Inkwell
Bill Thompson
Inkwell
2023
Etching and aquatint in colors with surface roll on wove paper, edition 4/30
2026.77
Image provided by curatorial.
Bill Thompson
GYRO
2009
Triptych of aquatint in colors with surface roll on wove paper, printed from shaped plates, edition 24/25
2026.76.A-.C
Image Not Available for Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A. Engraved by David Lucas
David Lucas
Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A. Engraved by David Lucas
1829–1832
28 mezzotints with etching, roulette, and drypoint, printed on laid (and occasionally wove) paper, many plates retouched by the artist with brush and gray wash
2023.471.1-.28
Mildred Thompson