Object number2023.7.2

Mississippi Was Home

Date2021

Artist Mario Moore (American, born 1987)

CultureAmerican

MediumSilverpoint on prepared paper

DimensionsSheet: 56 x 42 in. (142.2 x 106.7 cm)
Framed: 58 1/2 x 44 1/8 in. (148.6 x 112.1 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange

On View

Not on view

Period21st century

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedOn recto, signed lower right corner: Mario R Moore

InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right corner: 2021

ProvenancePurchased from David Klein Gallery, Detroit
DescriptionDepiction of an interior space with a jacket hung on the wall at left, a bible sitting in the foreground by Roger Cobb, various containers sitting on a windowsill at right, and a tree with a birdfeeder visible through the window in the background at right. The work is rendered using silverpoint, but appears visually similar to a graphite drawing.

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