Two Insects had a Fierce Battle...
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
1963
Ink, Conté crayon, and graphite on paper
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.10
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in conte crayon, lower right of image: TWO INSECTS HAD / A FIERCE BATTLE. / ON MARCH 18, 1963. / THE CROWD WENT / WILD. THE FLAGS / AND BANNERS WAVED. / THE IDES OF MARCH / HAVE PAST.; signed, in graphite, lower left: Sonia Sheridan; dated, in graphite, lower right: 1963
Exhibition History
Energized Artscience, The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, May 3-June 4, 1978.
Publication History
Sonia Landy Sheridan, Energized Artscience, Saint Paul: A Generative Systems Publication, 1978, p. 22.
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List # Unknown
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