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Desk Set
Artist
Robert Arneson
(American, 1930 - 1992)
Date1986
MediumPencil, acrylic, conté crayon, and collage on paper
DimensionsSheet: 44 1/4 x 54 3/16 in. (112.4 x 137.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sandra Shannonhouse
Object number2005.13
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameDrawing
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Inscribedbottom left: 6.11.86; bottom center: “DESK SET”; right center: Jelly beans; center of image: flag; TV
Exhibition HistoryPolitics and Daily Life, Palmer Museum of Art, September 21 – December 15, 2024; Celebrating Forty Years of Gifts: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, September 25, 2012 – January 20, 2013; Arneson and the Object, Palmer Museum of Art, February 6 – May 10, 2004, and traveling.ProvenanceEstate of Robert ArnesonPublished ReferencesLeo G. Mazow, Arneson and the Object, p. 26, 28.