Untitled (Brain Washed Yesser...)

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 188

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Jesse Howard

Title

Untitled (Brain Washed Yesser...)

Place

Fulton (Object made in:)

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Artist's working dates 1953–1983

Medium

Paint on wood

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, top-left through bottom-right, in black paint: "BRAIN "WASHED' YESSER." BRAIN "WASHED [left pointed hand] / YES" MESMERIZE." EIGHT / HUNDRED." AT A TIME, SWOLLOWED, BAIT,' HOOK," SINKER" LINE." CORK AND POLE.". Signed recto, right-middle, in black paint: "BY JESSE HOWARD.".

Dimensions

28.3 × 342.9 × 3.9 cm (11 1/8 × 135 × 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Ellen Sandor

Reference Number

2025.614

Extended information about this artwork

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