Museum
Artist
Thornton Dial, Sr.(American, 1928–2016)American, 1928–2016
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Museum
Date1998
PlaceUnited States
MediumPaper, found textiles, found objects, Plexiglas, and paint over metal and wood armature
Dimensions77 1/2 × 71 × 36 in. (196.9 × 180.3 × 91.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2003.695
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
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
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The sculpture is initialed in pencil, on the proper right side of the sculpture: "TD"
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