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Sunny Mushroom

(American, 1944–2005)
1975–77
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on handmade paper, composed of dyed pulp and knotted string
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 54.8 x 51.5 cm (21 9/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Framed: 61.6 x 59.1 cm (24 1/4 x 23 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Lois and Michael K. Torf
Accession number1979.776
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned in ink on verso: (Top-2 sides) Alan Shields 1975-1977/"Sunny Mushroom".
ProvenanceLois and Michael K. Torf, Weston, MA; gift to MFA, December 1979.
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