Live-In Hive
Artist
Mark T. Thompson(American, birthdate not known)American, birthdate not known
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Live-In Hive
Date1977
PlaceUnited States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/4 × 17 3/4 in. (28.6 × 45.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/16 × 19 13/16 in. (33.5 × 50.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/16 × 19 13/16 in. (33.5 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1166
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left in ink " 'Everyone of the sun's rays carries with it bees. / Then everything starts buzzing and one's head / is a hive, the hive of the sound of the sun.' / Live-in-Hive, 1977"
verso top left in ink "Mark T. Thompson"
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