James Surls
Working by the Mirror Tree...

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Artist James Surls (American, born 1943)American, born 1943

CultureAmerican

Titles

Working by the Mirror Tree...

Date1977

PlaceSplendora, Texas, United States

MediumGraphite on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 23 1/8 × 29 1/16 in. (58.7 × 73.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Christie's Appraisal Weekend

Object number85.11

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Drawings by James Surls," Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, May 6 - June 30, 1986(LN:86.17)

"Schemata: Drawings by Sculptors," Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas, December 12, 1996- February 16,1997

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

recto lower left in marker: Working / by the / mirror tree / Nov 28, 77
verso lower right in pencil: 22210 / 74x58IP

recto bottom left below inscription in marker: James Surls

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