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Lost Reality

2000

Daniel Shay

Artist, American, born 1947

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and ink with pasted bamboo, stamped ink, and transparent watercolor on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee
Dimensions

sheet: 37.1 × 28 cm (14 5/8 × 11 in.)
Accession

2024.83.11

Provenance

gift of the artist; Philip Conisbee and Faya Causey, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2024

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: at upper left, in black ink: LOST REALITY; at lower left, in black ink: SHAY 2000; verso: none

Markings

recto: at lower right, artist's chop in red ink; verso: none

Watermarks

None.