Breon O'Casey
Sketchbook

Sketchbook

© Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Sketchbook
Sketchbook
ArtistBritish, 1928–2011
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Sketchbook
Date1987
Made inPenzance, England
MediumBound scketchook with ink and graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet (each): 11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (29.5 × 21 cm)
Overall: 12 x 8 1/2 x 5/8 in. (30.5 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of the artist
Object number2003.672
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Address marked in ink on inside front cover: "Trungle Farmhouse / Paul. Penzance / Cornwall TR196ud"
Marked in ink on first page: "Clement Greenberg / The Collected essays & criticism.", "USA 1987"
Marked in ink, inside front cover: "Breon O'Casey"

The black binding of the sketchbook has "Daler / 3404" embossed in gold on the back cover's, lower right.

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