"Hand Write.Write.White..."
Sonia Landy Sheridan, American, 1925 - 2021
1973
Felt-tip pen on paper
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (38 × 38 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
D.2004.84.623
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: 1973; inscribed, in felt-tip pen, below image center: EAR.HEAR.HAND WRITE. WRITE. WHITE. WRITE.TELL.SAY. SPELL. HEAR.EAR.HEAR / AUTOMATIC.GOOD AND SWIFT.SWEET & LOVELY . TELL A / RIFT IS NOT A THING WHICH COMES TO MIND AUTO- / MATICALLY LIKE A TREE. A GREEN, YELLOW, GRAY / THING TREE A Y, HIGH, INTERRUPTION... .. ...LOST...
Provenance
The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #376: "Hand Write, Write, Write...", color flo pens, 15" x 15", 1973 XL
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