Beverly Rayner
Letters never sent #95

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Artist Beverly Rayner(American, born 1958)American, born 1958

CultureAmerican

Titles

Letters never sent #95

Date1999

PlaceUnited States

MediumMixed media

DimensionsImage: 3 5/8 × 6 7/16 in. (9.2 × 16.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour in honor of Sheryl Conkelton

Object number2000.27

Not on view

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DescriptionSeductive
and suggestive, Beverly Rayner’s work Letters
Never Sent #95 features a letter, nearly visible through a waxed envelope,
which is topped with cut-out lips. Rayner describes the work as a “relic of
internal struggles, reminder of missed opportunities, [and] suggestion of what
might have been.”
ProvenanceClinton T. Willour, Houston; given to MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition History"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.

"40 Years of Discovery: Gifts of Clint Willour," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 9–October 14, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso bottom left "letters never sent"
verso upper right "95[circled]"

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