Joan Semmel
Hand Down

Hand Down

© Joan Semmel / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Hand Down
Hand Down
ArtistAmerican, born 1932
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Hand Down
Date1977
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions44 1/4 × 62 1/4 in. (112.4 × 158.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Christine Connal
Object number78.151
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 313
On view

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ProvenanceGiven to MFAH, 1978.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Joan Semmel: Recent Paintings," Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, April 1-27, 1978 (illustrated on invitation).

Loaned to "Sexual Politics: Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party" in Feminist Art History," April 23 to August 18, 1996, at UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA (LN:96.10)

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