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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)

2022

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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)

2022

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.

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Charles Mason III

born Baltimore, MD 1990

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
THREE EXECUTIONERS OUTSIDE AN ARCHED DOORWAY OF A PRISON
Eugène Leroux and Bertauts
Three Executioners Outside an Arched Doorway of a Prison
c. 1844
BUST, THREE-QUARTERS TO RIGHT, OF MAN WITH LONG, FLOWING HAIR, WEARING SPECTACLES
Henry Bryan Hall
Bust, Three-Quarters to Right, of Man with Long, Flowing Hair, Wearing Spectacles
n.d.
SHEET WITH THREE IMAGES: MARK PETERMAN VON VESTEN VILLE; HEAD OF A MAN WITH LONG CURLY HAIR; AND HEAD OF AN OLD MAN WITH BEARD
Johann Heinrich Rode and Johann Georg Wille
Sheet with Three Images: Mark Peterman von Vesten Ville; Head of a Man with Long Curly Hair; and Head of an Old Man with Beard
1752
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
1817
THREE EXECUTIONERS OUTSIDE AN ARCHED DOORWAY OF A PRISON
Eugène Leroux, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, and others
Three Executioners Outside an Arched Doorway of a Prison
c. 1844
Vase Decorated with the Three Star Gods (Longevity, Happiness, Riches)
Jingdezhen kilns
Vase Decorated with the Three Star Gods (Longevity, Happiness, Riches)
Early 18th century
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.
1845
SKETCH OF A THREE-WAY PLUG (1965)
Claes Oldenburg
Sketch of a Three-Way Plug (1965)
1972
MONSIEUR ADOLPH CHAMOUILLARD, YOU ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FOOD. I DECLARE YOU ARE A VOLUPTUARY! YOU MUST KNOW THAT THE SPARTANS ATE NOTHING BUT BLACK BROTH ALL YEAR LONG!! - AT LEAST THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO EAT RED BEANS ALL THE TIME!
Honoré Daumier
Monsieur Adolph Chamouillard, you are always complaining about the food. I declare you are a voluptuary! You must know that the Spartans ate nothing but black broth all year long!! - At least they didn't have to eat red beans all the time!
1846