Archie Byron
Flower Bed

Flower Bed

© Archie Byron/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Flower Bed
Flower Bed
ArtistAmerican, 1928–2005
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Flower Bed
Date1988
PlaceUnited States
MediumSawdust and glue relief with pigment on wood
Dimensions27 1/2 × 25 × 2 3/4 in. (69.9 × 63.5 × 7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2003.690
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; William S. Arnett [1939-2020], Atlanta; Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta; purchased by the MFAH, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink, verso, upper right: "Flower Bed"
Signed in white, recto, lower right: "A Byron"
Also signed and dated twice in white, verso: "A. Byron / 1988"

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