James Drake
A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing

A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing

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A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing
A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing
ArtistAmerican, born 1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing
Date1996
PlaceUnited States
MediumCharcoal and oil on paper
Dimensions114 × 80 in. (289.5 × 203.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by an anonymous donor in honor of Hugo V. Neuhaus
Object number97.21
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"New Orleans Triennial," at the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 22 to October 11, 1998 (LN:98.32).

"Texas Draws," at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, from February 12 to April 13, 1999 (LN:99.9)

"Size Matters: Large-Scale Drawings from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Foundation Gallery, March 4-May 27, 2007.

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