James Surls
Seeing Through

Seeing Through

© James Surls

Seeing Through
Seeing Through
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Seeing Through
Date1981
PlaceSplendora, Texas, United States
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsImage: 6 × 8 in. (15.2 × 20.3 cm)
 Sheet: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the George Bunker Living Trust
Object number92.85
Not on view

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Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso, center left edge: ".../GMF". "..." indicates inscribed symbol. Marked in pencil under image, lower left: "74/100" and at lower right: "James Surls 1981". Stamped on support, lower right: "UH ART".

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