Sam Messenger
HR.25.17

HR.25.17
HR.25.17
HR.25.17
ArtistBritish, 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 Fund and Kelly R. and Nicholas A. Silvers
Object number2021.391
Not on view

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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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