Earl Staley
Self-Portrait with Cactus

as framed for exhibition

© Earl Staley

Self-Portrait with Cactus
as framed for exhibition
ArtistAmerican, born 1938
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Self-Portrait with Cactus
Date1973
PlaceUnited States
MediumWatercolor on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 22 9/16 × 29 15/16 in. (57.3 × 76.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Eleanor Freed
Object number84.405
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Me. My. Self. Eye. ; Modern and Contemporary Self-Portraits from the MFAH Department of Prints and Drawings," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Lower Brown Corridor, May 17-September 20, 2010.

"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Artists' Reflections of Self and Other Artists" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, March 9, 2024-Sept. 2, 2024 [Sixth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

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