Artist
The Art GuysAmerican
Artist
Michael Galbreth American, 1956–2019
Artist
Jack Massing American, born 1959
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Study for The Big Sneeze
- from the series 101 of the World's Greatest Sculpture Proposals
Date1991
MediumPastel, graphite, sprayed paint, charcoal, Kleenex tissues, rubber, and cut-and-pasted halftone, offset lithograph, collotype and laser print on wove paper
Dimensions22 1/2 × 30 in. (57.2 × 76.2 cm)
Frame: 25 × 32 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (63.5 × 82.9 × 3.8 cm)
Frame: 25 × 32 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (63.5 × 82.9 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas
Object number2007.1471
Not on view
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Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"ART GUYS: Kit and Caboodle," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 14–May 9, 1999.
"The Art Guys: Cloud Cuckoo Land," Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas, August 25–October 7, 2007; Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, November 29, 2007–January 13, 2008; Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas, January 18–April 6, 2008; Ellen Nöel Museum, Odessa, Texas, May 10–August 3, 2008; Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, December 12, 2008–February 20, 2009.
"LOL," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 313: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marks in pencil adjacent to drawings: "STUDY FOR: / THE BIG SNEEZE" "DESCRIPTION: / MOUNT A METICULOUSLY MODELLED, OVERSIZED NOSE ... " "SNOT" PUMP" "FLEXIBLE HOSE" "VAT OF PEA SOUP" "CAST FIBERGLASS NOSE" "KLEENEX TISSUE"
Printed back labels:
"BARRY WHISTLER GALLERY / ... DALLAS TEXAS ... / THE AAART GUISE / The Big Sneeze, 1991 / mixed media on paper / ... / (AG#145)"
"ART GUYS: Kit and Caboodle / Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art / February 14, 1999 - May 9, 1999 / Loan number: 19 / Collection of Richard and Nona Barrett / The Big Sneeze from 101 Of The World's Greatest Sculpture Proposals, 1993 / ... pastel, graphite, collage, spray paint, .... "
"Study for The Big Sneeze, 1991 / ... The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas"
"BARRY WHISTLER GALLERY / ... DALLAS TEXAS ... / THE AAART GUISE / The Big Sneeze, 1991 / mixed media on paper / ... / (AG#145)"
"ART GUYS: Kit and Caboodle / Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art / February 14, 1999 - May 9, 1999 / Loan number: 19 / Collection of Richard and Nona Barrett / The Big Sneeze from 101 Of The World's Greatest Sculpture Proposals, 1993 / ... pastel, graphite, collage, spray paint, .... "
"Study for The Big Sneeze, 1991 / ... The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas"
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