Alice Aycock
Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel
ArtistAmerican, born 1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tower of Babel
Date1985
MediumWatercolor, gouache, metallic pigment, pastel and graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 44 1/2 × 30 1/4 in. (113 × 76.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sue Rowan Pittman
Object number91.1886
Not on view

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ProvenanceAcquired by Sue Rowan Pittman from the artist.
Exhibition History"Drawn to Three Dimensions," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Feb. 4, 2023-July 23, 2023 [Fourth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: Towel of Babel // Project for Sue // Pittman's Farm// Texas, 1985 // Alice Aycock // 1985
Signed and dated in lower right corner of sheet.

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