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Ad Astra
Artist
G. Daniel Massad
(American, b. 1946)
Date2007
MediumPastel on paper
DimensionsImage: 34 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (88.3 x 24.9 cm), frame: 42 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 1 in. (108.9 x 45.4 x 2.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer
Object number2020.6
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NamePastel
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twenty-first
Signedbottom right: M [monogram] / 07
Inscribedcenter right: AD ASTRA; bottom left: ai ir / des archipls / sider aux / Ri; verso top center: M [monogram] / G. DANIEL MASSAD / "AD ASTRA" 2007 / 34 13/16" X 9 13/16" / PASTEL ON PAPER / FRAME DESIGN & FINISH: M / FRAME CONSTRUCTION: DAN BACKENSTOSE
Exhibition HistoryA Small Radius of Light: G. Daniel Massad, A Retrospective, Palmer Museum of Art, September 25–December 9, 2018
Mind’s Eye: Still Lifes of G. Daniel Massad, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, April 13–June 10, 2012ProvenanceCollection of James and Barbara Palmer, acquired in 2007 from the artist
Palmer Museum of Art, bequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer, 2020Published References"Lasting Legacy," State College Magazine (June 2019): 36 (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), 136, 137 (ill.), 138, 149, 192.
Joyce 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), 150 (ill., color), 151, 196 (ill., color).