Gay Block
On Dear’s Couch

On Dear’s Couch

© Gay Block

On Dear’s Couch
On Dear’s Couch
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • On Dear’s Couch
  • from the series Self-Portraits
Date2000, printed 2021
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2022.36.174
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center diagonally: Gay Block – Me – in 2000 – // in my living room on my grandmother's couch – // With Winogrand OF Arbus // near photographs by Arbus – // 2000 – // printed 2021 – // GB
Signed, verso, center right: GB

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