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A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush

Description

Acrylic painted designs cover two wooden stacking tables originally made c. 1930-1940. Decorated with bells and custom polyurethane. Tom Miller (1945-2000) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and lived in West Baltimore throughout his life. Trained as a painter working on canvases at MICA, Miller is now best known for his painted furniture and murals seen around Baltimore.

Date

1995

Materials

Wood, acrylic paint, metal

Dimensions

Table 1: 28 H x 18 W x 12 D inches; Table 2: 17 H x 12 W x 12 D inches

Object ID

2004.1.1 a,b

Resource ID

4999

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.