Dick Wray
There is Only One Position for an Artist Anywhere: and That is "Upright"

There is Only One Position for an Artist Anywhere: and That is "Upright"

© 1963 The Robert and Harold Wray Trust

There is Only One Position for an Artist Anywhere: and That is "Upright"
There is Only One Position for an Artist Anywhere: and That is "Upright"
ArtistAmerican, 1933–2011
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • There is Only One Position for an Artist Anywhere: and That is "Upright"
Date1963
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumMixed media on canvas
Dimensions68 × 79 in. (172.7 × 200.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number63.4
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 1963.
Exhibition History"Texas Painting & Sculpture: The 20th Century," Pollack Galleries, Dallas, January 17–March 7, 1971; Traveled to Witte Confluence Museum, San Antonio, March 21–May 2 1971; University Art Museum, Austin, June 13–July 18, 1971; Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, September 16–November 15, 1971; The Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, January 9–March 5, 1972.

"Dick Wray," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, October 26–November 2, 1975.

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