Thornton Dial, Sr.
Cotton Field Sky Still Over Our Head

Cotton Field Sky Still Over Our Head

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Cotton Field Sky Still Over Our Head
Cotton Field Sky Still Over Our Head
ArtistAmerican, 1928–2016
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cotton Field Sky Still Over Our Head
Date2000–2002
PlaceAlabama, United States
MediumMixed media
Dimensions72 × 87 × 10 in. (182.9 × 221 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Long Endowment for American Art
Object number2002.3251
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; Bill Arnett; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004. [No catalogue].

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