Kermit Oliver
Atonement Ram with Icon

Atonement Ram with Icon

© Kermit Oliver

Atonement Ram with Icon
Atonement Ram with Icon
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Atonement Ram with Icon
Date1981
PlaceTexas, United States
MediumAcrylic on board
Dimensions47 5/8 × 37 3/8 in. (121 × 94.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Duke Energy
Object number85.16
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 1985.
Exhibition History"Kermit Oliver," Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, April 4–April 30, 1987.

"Selected Paintings and Drawings by Kermit Oliver," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, December 10, 1988–February 5, 1989.

"Tradition and Innovation: A Museum Celebration of Texas Art," February 17–May 6, 1990.

"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 27–August 30, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed "OLIVER" in brown paint at center, bottom, in the ram's hoof's shadow

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