Sam Messer
Pink Olympia

Pink Olympia
Pink Olympia
Pink Olympia
ArtistAmerican, born 1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pink Olympia
Date2001
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions63 1/8 × 78 in. (160.3 × 198.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida
Object number2007.620
Not on view

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Provenance[Nielson Gallery, Boston]; Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles, January 5, 2002; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Selections from the Edward R. Broida Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millenium Gallery, April 21-October 17, 2002.

"Sam Messer: The Story of My Typewriter & Portraits of Family and Friends". Nielsen Gallery, Boston. 20 October - 10 November 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed recto lower right: "MESSER '01"
Printed paper label on verso stretcher: "NIELSEN / GALLERY / 179 Newbury St., Boston, MA 01116 / Tel (617)266-4835 / Fax (617)266-0480 / Sam Messer Pink Olympia / 2001 / oil on canvas / ... / (SM01 32)"

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