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Gallery supplied photograph - 2021
Motives
Gallery supplied photograph - 2021
Gallery supplied photograph - 2021

Motives

Artist Samuel Levi Jones (American, born 1978)
CultureAmerican
Date2020
MediumHistory book covers on canvas
Dimensions59 × 49 in. (149.9 × 124.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2020.24
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 223
DescriptionA canvas covered with distressed history book covers in a quilted-looking pattern. Two books still have their titles, “Motives of Men,” and “History.”
ProvenancePurchased from the artist via Galerie Lelong by Chrysler Museum, September 2020.
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