Sam Messenger
HR.25.17

Artist Sam Messenger (British, born 1980)British, born 1980

CultureBritish

Titles

HR.25.17
from the series Houston

Date2017

MediumInk and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsSheet (estimate): 21 7/8 × 30 1/4 in. (55.5 × 76.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 24 5/8 × 32 11/16 × 1 15/16 in. (62.6 × 83 × 5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment and Kelly R. and Nicholas A. Silvers

Object number2021.391

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, 2017; [Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 2017]; [Davidson Gallery, New York, after 2017-2021]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition HistoryHR.25.17 was included in his 2017 solo exhibition at Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

"Line into Space," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dec. 11, 2021-July 11, 2022 [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 312: No Catalog]

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper right: HR.25.17 [underlined / encircled]
Verso: Signed and date in graphite, lower right: signature 2017
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper center: ↑↑ [underlined]

Watermark: Recto: left edge: ARTISTIC + FABRIANO

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