Susan Benarcik
Trying to Understand Dying

ArtistAmerican, born 1966
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Trying to Understand Dying
Date1996
MediumInkjet transparency on encyclopedia page
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 6 11/16 in. (22.5 × 17 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 1/2 in. (27.8 × 21.6 cm)
Page:10 9/167 1/8
Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Inman Gallery
Object number2000.664
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Inman Gallery, Houston]; purchased by Clinton T. Willour, Houston, August 21, 1997; given to MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed above the image left to right: "VOL.IV. BOTANY PLATE III."

Printed below the image center: "Euphorbia hypericifolia./(Tutsan-leaved Spurge)"


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