Sam Gilliam
Bardstown

Bardstown

© Sam Gilliam / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Bardstown
Bardstown
ArtistAmerican, 1933–2022
Print studioBarneveld, Wisconsin
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bardstown
Date1976
Made inBarneveld, Wisconsin, United States
MediumCollagraph on handmade paper, edition 21/25
DimensionsSheet: 22 1/4 × 22 1/8 in. (56.5 × 56.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour
Object number79.266
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Textures of Place: Selections from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 10, 2017–February 4, 2018.

"Familiar to the Eye," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, left lower edge: Bardstown
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, center lower edge: 21/25
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, right lower edge: Sam Gilliam `76
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, right lower edge: Sam Gilliam `76
Recto: Chopmark, left lower edge: [unidentified]

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