Artist
John SparaganaAmerican, born 1958
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Sleeping Beauty No. 16
Date2004
MediumHand-fatigued magazine pages
DimensionsImage/sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (29.8 × 45.1 cm)
Frame: 17 1/16 × 22 5/16 × 1 3/4 in. (43.3 × 56.7 × 4.4 cm)
Frame: 17 1/16 × 22 5/16 × 1 3/4 in. (43.3 × 56.7 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Harlow Tighe
Object number2006.75
Not on view
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Exhibition HistorySleeping Beauty: A One-Artist Dictionary, The University of Chicago Press, 2008 on plate 13 but not acknowledged as ours. No checklist, no titles or dates.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed back label:
"MIXTURE CONTEMPORARY / 1709 WESTHEIMER, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77098 / John Sparagana / Sleeping Beauty No. 16, 2004 / Hand-Fatigued Magazine Pages / ... / JS016"
Printed in the image, lower left:
"Black cape with / beaded shoulders / by Giles, black / round-necked / sweater by Broini"
"MIXTURE CONTEMPORARY / 1709 WESTHEIMER, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77098 / John Sparagana / Sleeping Beauty No. 16, 2004 / Hand-Fatigued Magazine Pages / ... / JS016"
Printed in the image, lower left:
"Black cape with / beaded shoulders / by Giles, black / round-necked / sweater by Broini"
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