Bill Thomas
Sleeping Pills and Tanning Bed

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Sleeping Pills and Tanning Bed
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ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sleeping Pills and Tanning Bed
Date1993
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 15 1/2 × 19 7/16 inches (39.4 × 49.3 cm)
 sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 inches (40.3 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marion and Joe Mundy
Object number94.20
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Benteler Morgan Galleries, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: all in pencil, verso: upper left corner; upper right corner; lower center:
"BT0013-A"; "Step 4=15/-6%"; "Tanning Bed #1 of 25"
Signed and dated in pencil along bottom edge, verso: "Bill Thomas 1993, printed 1993"

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