James Bettison
Prologue to Love (Gorl Dog)

Prologue to Love (Gorl Dog)
Prologue to Love (Gorl Dog)
Prologue to Love (Gorl Dog)
ArtistAmerican, 1957–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Prologue to Love (Gorl Dog)
Date1988–1989
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumMixed media and found objects on wood
Dimensions45 × 29 13/16 × 5 1/2 in. (114.3 × 75.7 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael Caddell and Tracey D. Conwell, Pamela Elizabeth George, Marshal and Victoria Lightman, and an anonymous donor
Object number91.319
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [New Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Fresh Visions/New Voices: Emerging African-American Artists in Texas" The Glassell School of Art, 9/13/92 - 11/29/92

Exhibited: "Fresh Visions/New Voices," The Galveston Arts Center, Inc., Galveston, TX, Jan 18 - Feb 28, 1993(LN:93.17)

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Stamped in black ink, inverted, on verso, top section: "BLOW"; Written in black ink on verso, bottom section: "James Bettison 8-1989/"Prolague (sic) to Love" For Jack and Sara!/"Gorl Dog"/mixed media and wood relief/37 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 3 in"; Written in pencil and/or black ink on recto: top edge, "Sara/Sara"; right edge, "Sky?/Water?/Land/air/Gorl (vertically)/Dog"; bottom edge, "Lovers/Lovers/and/Friends"; left edge, "Jack"

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