John Buck
Fire Weed

Overall recto.

© John Buck / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Fire Weed
Overall recto.
ArtistAmerican, born 1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fire Weed
Date1992
MediumWoodcut in seven colors and etching on wove paper, edition 9/25
DimensionsBlock: 61 3/4 × 36 1/4 in. (156.8 × 92 cm)
Sheet: 66 9/16 × 40 1/8 in. (169 × 101.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Raymond Hylenski and Barbara Faber
Object number2023.218
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist and Landfall Press, Chicago, 1992; sold to Ray Hylenski and Barbara Faber; collection of Ray Hylenski and Barbara Faber, at least by 2023; gifted to MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Titled and editioned in graphite, below block, left bottom corner: Fire Weed [print] 9/25
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below block, right bottom corner: John E Buck [cursive] 1992
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right bottom corner: John E Buck [cursive]
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Catalogue raisonnéHeartney et al. 38

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