Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
about 1968
Ink on yellow lined-paper
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.177
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower left: Sonia Sheridan; dated, in graphite, lower right: c. 1968; inscribed, in ink, in image bottom: MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY HOW DOES / YOUR GARDEN GROW, WITH SNIPS AND / SNAILS AND PUPPY DOG TAILS PLANT / ED IN A ROW MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #241: "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" (columns), ink, c. 1968
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