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three the long way (every shot, every failure, still leading with love)

Charles Mason III

three the long way (every shot, every failure, still leading with love)

2021

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three the long way (every shot, every failure, still leading with love)

Charles Mason III

three the long way (every shot, every failure, still leading with love)

Charles Mason III

three the long way (every shot, every failure, still leading with love)

2021

Physical Qualities Oil stick, house paint, tape, collaged fabric and canvas on paper, 81 × 101 in. (205.7 × 256.5 cm.)
Credit Line Partial gift of the Artist in Honor of Lois Martha Lewis; with funds from Michael Sherman and Carrie Tivador, Los Angeles; and Art Fund established with exchange funds from gifts of Dr. and Mrs. Edgar F. Berman, Equitable Bank, N.A., Geoffrey Gates, Sandra O. Moose, National Endowment for the Arts, Lawrence Rubin, Philip M. Stern, and Alan J. Zakon
Object Number 2023.5
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift/purchase, 2023; the Artist
BMA, Contemporary Wing rotation, June 30 - December 11, 2023.

Artist

Charles Mason III

1989–2000

born Baltimore, MD 1990
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Three Executioners Outside an Arched Doorway of a Prison
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Henry Bryan Hall
Bust, Three-Quarters to Right, of Man with Long, Flowing Hair, Wearing Spectacles
1827–1883
VIEW OF THE ROADWAY ALONG THE EMBANKMENT OF THE CITY MOAT IN NUREMBERG
Johann Christoph Erhard
View of the Roadway along the Embankment of the City Moat in Nuremberg
1816
Vase Decorated with the Three Star Gods (Longevity, Happiness, Riches)
Jingdezhen kilns
Vase Decorated with the Three Star Gods (Longevity, Happiness, Riches)
1700–1721
SIR... HERE IS WHAT WE WILL BE GIVING THIS YEAR AS A BONUS TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE MUSICAL UNIVERSE... 125 ALBUMS THAT YOU CAN HAVE BOUND, SOME MORE MAGNIFICENTLY THAN OTHERS. ELEVEN PORTRAITS OF MR. MUSARD, AT DIFFERFENT AGES, BUT ALWAYS WITH THE SAME BLACK SUIT. THREE TRUMPETS, MORE OR LESS IN KEY. FORTY ADMISSION TICKETS, EVEN EXIT TICKETS, FOR EACH OF OUR CONCERTS...EIGHTY SEVEN MUSICAL SCORES...AND A REED PIPE.
Honoré Daumier
Sir... here is what we will be giving this year as a bonus to the subscribers of the Musical Universe... 125 albums that you can have bound, some more magnificently than others. Eleven portraits of Mr. Musard, at differfent ages, but always with the same black suit. Three trumpets, more or less in key. Forty admission tickets, even exit tickets, for each of our concerts...Eighty seven musical scores...and a reed pipe.
1844
SKETCH OF A THREE-WAY PLUG (1965)
Claes Oldenburg
Sketch of a Three-Way Plug (1965)
1971
The Student Beating Away the Beggars
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard
The Student Beating Away the Beggars
19th century