Plain
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
February 27, 1974
Graphite on paper
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 7 11/16 in. (27.5 × 19.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.431
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, in image lower center: plain / The Shroudy Stranger died in December 1973?; inscribed and dated, in graphite, below image center: Today, February 27, 1974 the hand wrote plain, plane / the figure in the plain-plane-plane it is / planes to see.; signed, in graphite, lower left: Sonia Sheridan
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #388: "The Shroudy Stranger died in December 1973?" 2.27.74 [Note: "stranger was friend David Lyle; "Shroud" is a time plane.]
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