Letter to the Mother
1995
Artist, Spanish, born 1949
Elena del Rivero
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
thread, graphite, and typewritten text on Fabriano paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 23 x 16.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
2001.143.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John Weber Gallery, New York; Werner H. and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky, New York; gift to NGA, 2001.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1997
Drawing is Another Kind of Language: Recent Drawings from a New York Private Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 1997-1998; Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; Kunst-Museum Ahlen; Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Fonds régional d'art
contemporain de Picardie and Musée de Picardie, Amiens; Parish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, 1999.
2006
"Elena del Rivero. A mano: Trabajos sobre papel", Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, 2006.
Bibliography
1997
Drawing is Another Kind of Language. Exh. cat. Harvard Univ. Art Mus.; Kunstmuseum Winterthur; Kunst-Museum Ahlen; Akademie der Künste; Fonds régional d'art contemporain de Picardie and Musée de Picardie; Parrish Art Mus. 1997: no. 13, 48-49.
Inscriptions
upper center typed in black ink: Letter to the Mother; lower right typed in black ink: NYC January 1995; lower center verso in graphite: Elena del Rivero / January 95
Watermarks
FABRIANO
Wikidata ID
Q64558281