About the Artwork
Houston Oil
1974
Alan J. Shields
1944-2005
American
Unknown
Collage, relief, and screenprint printed in color ink
Image (excluding threads): 6 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (16.2 × 17.1 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund
75.46
Victoria Weslek Shields
Markings
Signed and dated, lower right, in pencil: Alan Shields | 74
Inscribed, lower center, in pencil: HOUSTON OIL 7/21
Provenance
1975-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Victoria Weslek Shields
Alan J. Shields, Houston Oil, 1974, collage, relief, and screenprint printed in color ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, 75.46.
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