Harvey J. Bott
Justify Balance

Justify Balance
Justify Balance
Justify Balance
ArtistAmerican, born 1933
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Justify Balance
DateJune 1952
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumTape and graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 × 9 3/4 in. (20.3 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2003.984
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Prints and Drawings: Recent Accessions," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 1—May 24, 2004.

“Line: Making the Mark,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 12, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated in graphite, bottom right corner: 6/52 / HJB
Signed and dated in graphite, bottom right corner: 6/52 / HJB

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