Reliquary

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

Date2005

MediumPastel on paper

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches (30.8 x 19.1 cm), conservation mat: frame: 20-3/8 x 15-3/4 x 1-1/8 inches (51.9 x 40.2 x 2.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer

Object number2019.88

Collections

ClassificationsWork on Paper

Object NamePastel

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureNorth American

NationalityAmerican

On View

Not on view

Century

Twenty-first

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Signedbottom right: monogram / V

Inscribedon backing board verso top center: G. DANIEL MASSAD, 2005 / "RELIQUARY" / PASTEL ON PAPER

Exhibition HistoryFebruary 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 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, 2006ProvenanceCollection of James and Barbara Palmer, acquired in 2005 from the artist 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: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013), 141 (fig. 16), 142, 196 (ill., color). John Brandenburg, "Symbolism Shines in Pastel Still-Lifes," The Oklahoman, May 5, 2006, 17D. G. Daniel Massad: Recent Work (exh. cat.) (New York: Forum Gallery, 2006), n.p. (ill., color). Lynne Moss Perricelli, “The Meaning of Things,” American Artist 70 (October 2006): 33 (ill., color).