James (Jack) Boynton
Pushing the Envelope / Pin the Tail on the Fish

Pushing the Envelope / Pin the Tail on the Fish

© James Boynton

Pushing the Envelope / Pin the Tail on the Fish
Pushing the Envelope / Pin the Tail on the Fish
ArtistAmerican, 1928–2010
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pushing the Envelope / Pin the Tail on the Fish
Date1994
MediumPen, pencil, and ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (.A): 6 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (16.5 × 24.1 cm)
 Sheet (.B): 4 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (10.5 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Curtis B. Wolff
Object number2006.1372.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[Pillsbury Peters Fine Art, Dallas]; purchased by Curtis B. Wolff, 2001-2006; given to MFAH, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.A) Marked in pencil recto lower right: "Pushing the Envelope"

.B) Marked in pencil recto lower left: "Pin the Tail on the Fish"
Marked in pencil recto center: "To whom it may Concern"
No visible signature
.A) Printed return address, recto upper right: "WORLD AIDS DAY / STATION - DEC 1, 1993 - WASHINGTON, DC 20066"

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