"What of all the years of learning?..."
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
1975
Ink and felt-tip pen on paper
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (25.5 × 16.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.434
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: 1975; inscribed, in ink, in image lower center: The shadow fingers reach / into the unknown defined / by a box, a window, a hole, / and in motion a tunnel. / I am frightened; inscribed, in ink, below image center: what of all the years if learning? How do you plan to use / those? Do they not add up to something?
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #418: "What of all the years of learning?...", flopen and ink 1975
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