A River is Loved...
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
March 2, 1973
Ink on paper
Sheet: 11 × 8 7/16 in. (28 × 21.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.230
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 ink, lower right: 3.2.73; inscribed, in ink, below image center: a river is loved because it is / a time plane in motion / Time and motion create the / same butterflies of love in the / stomach as does the sight of / love in motion in another human.
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #373: "A river is loved because it is a time plane in motion," ink on paper, 3.2.73
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