sliderarrowCloseMenushare_facebookshare_instagramshare_xshare_linkedinshare_threadsshare_shareshare_tranditionalshare_calendarshare_emailicon_threadsconnect_facebookconnect_instagramconnect_xconnect_youtubeconnect_atbtn_arrowhamburger-x
Skip to main content
Collections Menu

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

Explore Further

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

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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

On Dear's Couch (with Ozzie and Harriet and Winogrand of Arbus)
Gay Block
On Dear's Couch (with Ozzie and Harriet and Winogrand of Arbus)
2000, printed 2002
Chromogenic print
2005.59
“Dear,” my grandmother with our new puppy
Gay Block
“Dear,” my grandmother with our new puppy
1975, printed 2021
Inkjet print
2022.36.90
Image Not Available for Jews in America
Gay Block
Jews in America
1975–1985
Book maquette with gelatin silver prints and inkjet prints
2024.391.1-.134
Susan Rosenthal, Camp Pinecliffe, Maine / Susan Rosenthal Schwartz, Jenkintown, PA
Gay Block
Susan Rosenthal, Camp Pinecliffe, Maine / Susan Rosenthal Schwartz, Jenkintown, PA
1981, 2006, printed 2007
Inkjet prints
2015.205.A,.B
Ozzie and Harriet with the Arbus Collection
Gay Block
Ozzie and Harriet with the Arbus Collection
1996, printed 2005
Inkjet print
2005.61
Kathy Miller, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Kathy Miller Kramer, New York City
Gay Block
Kathy Miller, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Kathy Miller Kramer, New York City
1981/2006, printed 2021
Inkjet prints
2022.36.12.A,.B
Susan Golkin, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, ME; Susan Golkin, New York City
Gay Block
Susan Golkin, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, ME; Susan Golkin, New York City
1981/2006, printed 2007
Inkjet prints
2022.36.11.A,.B
Emily Taub. Erika Aronson. Cathy Sloane and others, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Erika Aronson Stern, Bedford, New York
Gay Block
Emily Taub. Erika Aronson. Cathy Sloane and others, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Erika Aronson Stern, Bedford, New York
1981/2006, printed 2007
Inkjet print
2022.36.19.A,.B
Laurie Wolk, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Laurie Wolk, New York, New York
Gay Block
Laurie Wolk, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Laurie Wolk, New York, New York
1981/2006, printed 2007
Inkjet print
2022.36.18.A,.B
A. Jennifer Klebanoff Lerner, Old Greenwich, Connecticut; B. Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Karen Berg Miller, New Jersey
Gay Block
A. Jennifer Klebanoff Lerner, Old Greenwich, Connecticut; B. Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Karen Berg Miller, New Jersey
1981/2006, printed 2021/2007
Inkjet prints
2022.36.20.A-.C
Amy Lederman, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Amy Lederman Vershliser, New York City
Gay Block
Amy Lederman, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Amy Lederman Vershliser, New York City
1981/2006, printed 2007
Inkjet print
2022.36.14.A,.B
Stacey Cushing, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Stacey Cushing Weiner, Dallas, Texas
Gay Block
Stacey Cushing, Camp Pinecliffe, Harrison, Maine; Stacey Cushing Weiner, Dallas, Texas
1981/2006, printed 2007/2021
Inkjet print
2022.36.15.A,.B
Gay Block