Jean's Birthday
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
December 28, 1974
Ink on architect's linen
Sheet: 11 × 8 11/16 in. (28 × 22 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.248
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in ink, in image upper center: THIS IS A TEST OF RAPIDOGRAPH NO. 00 PEN WITH POST BLACK INK / DECEMBER 28, 1974... / TODAY IS MY BROTHER JEAN'S BIRTHDAY 12.28.1927 . HE / DIED IN NOVEMBER, 1972 AT AGE 44 YEARS... I LOVED / HIM VERY MUCH.... / JUST NOW MY HUSBAND JIM IS SINGING; "....JUST / BE GLAD THAT WE'RE ALIVE"..."AND COCKTAILS FOR / TWO...."; inscribed, signed, and dated, in ink, in image lower center: POST INK .00 RAPIDOGRAPH.LINEN..IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, SONIA LANDY SHERIDAN 12-28-74; inscribed, in ink, below image left: HAND WRITTEN
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #390: "...Live...in Evanston" rapidograph pen, ink on architect's linen 12/28/194
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