Earl Staley
Skull with Snakes

Skull with Snakes

© Earl Staley

Skull with Snakes
Skull with Snakes
ArtistAmerican, born 1938
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Skull with Snakes
Date1974
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumInk and wash on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 25 9/16 × 19 7/8 in. (64.9 × 50.5 cm)
Mount: 28 1/4 × 22 1/2 in. (71.8 × 57.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the National Endowment for the Arts matched by funds from Susan Jeffers and Dr. Alice McPherson, by exchange
Object number84.81
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 21 - September 3, 1988

"Calaveras Mexicanas:The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 13 - December 15, 2013.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left in ink: Staley 74

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