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When a Boy
Sandro Chia (Italian, born in 1946)
1986
Medium/Technique
Color etching (black and ochre)
Dimensions
Sheet: 70 x 99 cm (27 9/16 x 39 in.)
Plate: 40 x 55 cm (15 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
Plate: 40 x 55 cm (15 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gerald P. and Susan K. Bonder
Accession Number2002.637
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Recto lower right in graphite pencil: signed and dated 86
Marks
"SC" blindstamp recto lower right
InscriptionsIn plate: WHEN A BOY / WHEN A BOY / I MONITORED THE STAIRS / ALTAR'D THE MASS / FLEW THE BIRDS OF NEW YORK CITY / AND IN SUMMER CAMP / I KISSED THE MOON / IN A BARREL OF RAIN
Recto lower left in graphite pencil: 2/70
Recto lower left in graphite pencil: 2/70
ProvenanceSkinner Auctioneers, Boston (sticker verso); Harcus gallery, Boston (sticker verso); Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston; Gerald P. and Susan K. Bonder; by whom given to MFA, 18 December 2002.
Copyright© Sandro Chia