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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

You See the Needles I Hold for You

ArtistJames Surls(b. 1943)
Date1979
MediumPencil on paper
Dimensions72 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. (184.2 x 105.4 cm)
Signedl.r.: James Surls Dec 19, 1979
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Helen Porter and Jim Dyke, 2017.61
ClassificationDrawing
Provenance(George Adams Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by James T. Dyke, Little Rock, AR, 2005; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2017
On ViewNo
You See the Needles …72.5 × 41.5 in.Standard/Movie Poster40 × 27 in.

This artwork's face covers about 2.8× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.