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Why? Painting
Image Not Available for Why? Painting

Why? Painting

Date1987
Maker Elizabeth Murray American, 1940 - 2007
Object number2018.28
ProvenanceThe artist; Murray-Holman Family Trust, New York; to Jason Andrew, Brooklyn, New York, March 2017
Exhibition HistoryNew York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Elizabeth Murray: Drawings, May 3 - June 4, 1988. Cat. no. 9. New York, CANADA, Elizabeth Murray, curated by Carroll Dunham and Dan Nadel, Dec. 10, 2016 - Jan. 29, 2017 Brooklyn, New York, David & Schweitzer Gallery, Torn from the notebook: drawings by Elizabeth Murray, Nov. 6 - Dec. 17, 2017. Cat. no. 1.Published ReferencesAmbrose, David. “Elizabeth Murray at CANADA.” Whitehot Magazine, Dec. 2016. Reproduced.
Credit LineGift of Jason Andrew and Norman Jabaut
Dimensions4 5/8 X 7 1/2 in. (11.7 x 19.1 cm)
MediumPencil and colored pencil with oil paint on lined notebook paper
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