Artist
Cleve Gray (American, 1918–2004)American, 1918–2004
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Hera, No. 2
Date1968
MediumAcrylic on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 84 × 80 in. (213.4 × 203.2 cm)
Frame: 84 3/4 × 80 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (215.3 × 205.1 × 5.7 cm)
Frame: 84 3/4 × 80 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (215.3 × 205.1 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Cleve Gray Foundation
Object number2022.125
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: signed and dated, at right bottom edge: Gray [cursive] - 68
Verso: inscribed in black ink, at upper left: Liquitex on Liquitex Gesso / Hera (2) [cursive]
Strainer Verso: inscribed in black ink, left center: #101 [smile face] / foundation [cursive] / P.68.15; printed label attached at left center: Albright-Knox Art Gallery / 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. 14222 / CLEVE GRAY: PAINTINGS 1966-77 / 6/10-7/17/77 / Hera No. 2, [underlined] 1968 / acrylic on canvas / 84 x 80 / Lent by the artist; inscribed in black ink at left center: #101 foundation [cursive] / 80 x 84 [upside-down] ; plain label, typed in black ink, attached at center: CLEVE GRAY P.68.15 / HERA (2) [underlined] / Acrylic on duck / 84 x 80 inches; printed in blue ink and inscribed in pencil on label at lower center: Lot No. / 25215 / Piece No. / 94
Verso: inscribed in black ink, at upper left: Liquitex on Liquitex Gesso / Hera (2) [cursive]
Strainer Verso: inscribed in black ink, left center: #101 [smile face] / foundation [cursive] / P.68.15; printed label attached at left center: Albright-Knox Art Gallery / 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. 14222 / CLEVE GRAY: PAINTINGS 1966-77 / 6/10-7/17/77 / Hera No. 2, [underlined] 1968 / acrylic on canvas / 84 x 80 / Lent by the artist; inscribed in black ink at left center: #101 foundation [cursive] / 80 x 84 [upside-down] ; plain label, typed in black ink, attached at center: CLEVE GRAY P.68.15 / HERA (2) [underlined] / Acrylic on duck / 84 x 80 inches; printed in blue ink and inscribed in pencil on label at lower center: Lot No. / 25215 / Piece No. / 94
Recto: signed at right bottom edge: Gray [cursive]
Verso: [none]
Verso: [none]
Recto: [none]
Verso: stamp at center, on wooden strainer, in black ink: Gray [in cursive] - / CLEVE GRAY FOUNDATION [enclosed in a rectangle]
Verso: stamp at center, on wooden strainer, in black ink: Gray [in cursive] - / CLEVE GRAY FOUNDATION [enclosed in a rectangle]
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