Kermit Oliver
Roughnecks

Roughnecks

© Kermit Oliver

Roughnecks
Roughnecks
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Roughnecks
Date1974
MediumAcrylic on Masonite
Dimensions48 × 48 in. (121.9 × 121.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Finkelstein
Object number2003.52
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22, 2004 - May 9, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on verso top edge: " 'ROUGHNECKS' Kermit Oliver - '74 / 48 x 48"
Painted signature and dated on pipe at upper left edge: "7-23-74 / OLIVER"
Several back labels, one from Hooks-Epstein Gallery

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