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Artist G. Daniel Massad (American, b. 1946)

Date2004

MediumPastel on paper

DimensionsOverall: 15 x 15 3/4 inches (38.1 x 40 cm), sight: 14-7/8 x 15-5/8 inches (37.9 X 39.7 cm), conservation mat: frame: 23-7/8 x 24-5/8 x 2 inches (60.6 x 62.6 x 5.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer

Object number2019.87

Collections

ClassificationsWork on Paper

Object NamePastel

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureNorth American

NationalityAmerican

On View

Not on view

Century

Twenty-first

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Signedbottom left: monogram

Inscribedbacking board verso top center: G. DANIEL MASSAD 2004 / "AIT" / 15" X 15 3/4" / PASTEL ON PAPER

Exhibition HistoryConversations Across the Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, January 7–May 14, 2023 February Pop-Up: Postwar Works on Paper from the Palmer Bequest, Palmer Museum of Art, February 28, 2020 A Small Radius of Light: G. Daniel Massad, A Retrospective, Palmer Museum of Art, September 25–December 9, 2018 Reality Check: Contemporary American Trompe l'Oeil, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA, September 11–November 21, 2010 G. Daniel Massad: Loading the Work, Palmer Museum of Art, February 24–May 25, 2008 G. Daniel Massad: Recent Work, Forum Gallery, New York, March 3–April 8, 2006; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, April 30–June 25, 2006 ProvenanceCollection of James and Barbara Palmer, acquired in 2004 from Forum Gallery, New York Palmer Museum of Art, bequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer, 2019Published ReferencesJoyce Henri Robinson, ed., A Gift from the Heart: American Art from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer (University Park, PA: Palmer Museum of Art, 2013), 195 (ill., color). Joyce Henri Robinson and G. Daniel Massad, A Small Radius of Light: G. Daniel Massad, A Retrospective (University Park, PA: Palmer Museum of Art, 2018), 107 (ill.), 108. Brandy McDonnell, "Artist's Pastels Have Photographic Quality," The Oklahoman, June 11, 2006, 2D (ill.). John Brandenburg, "Symbolism Shines in Pastel Still-Lifes," The Oklahoman, May 5, 2006, 17D. [wrong image used] "In the Galleries: G. Daniel Massad: Recent Work," Columns (March–May 2006): 2 (ill., color), 6 (ill., color). G. Daniel Massad: Recent Work (exh. cat.) (New York: Forum Gallery, 2006), n.p. (ill., color).