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Animal Sounds
D. R. Wagner (American, born in 1943)
American
1989
Medium/Technique
Cotton embroidery on canvas ground
Dimensions
Height x width: 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (11.4 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2012.1241
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsFiber arts
DescriptionSmall needlework picture of a boy with hand puppets in front of a folding screen. Over which appears text in black "Now speech is forbidden. Now there are only animal sounds. Now we comprehend all that is said."
ProvenanceJanuary 19, 1992, sold by the Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA to Mrs. Farago, Little Compton, RI; 2012, year-end gift of the Daphne Farago Collection to the MFA. (Accession date: February 27, 2013)