David McGee
Blackbird

Overall recto.

© David McGee

Blackbird
Overall recto.
ArtistAmerican, born 1962
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Blackbird
Date2023
MediumWatercolor and graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm)
 Frame: 65 1/2 × 45 1/4 × 2 in. (166.4 × 114.9 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nina and Michael Zilkha
Object number2024.3
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 2023; [Inman Gallery, Houston, TX, 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryInman Gallery, Houston, TX, David McGee: The Tarot Cards and the Gloria Paintings, Sept. 16-Nov. 1, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: none
Verso: Titled, dated, and signed in undetermined medium, bottom right corner: Blackbird 2023/(for Nina S)/David McGee [illegible]

Top right and bottom left of sheet: [infinity symbol] ARCHES FRANCE
Top left and bottom right of sheet: 35

Catalogue raisonnéNone

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